The Place to Take a Humor Break
KANKAKEE, Illinois. Caitlin Mergen was having a good summer until she over-imbibed on “hard seltzer” and vomited on the seats of her mother’s brand-new Buick Enclave. “It was my first night out after getting my […]
It’s August, time for me to check on the kids to see how they’re doing with their summer reading lists. Things haven’t changed much in our little town since I was a boy; every spring […]
At a college graduation a few years back it hit me: my two sons had grown to manhood without ever playing an inning of unsupervised baseball–that is, without uniforms, screaming parents, and designer bottled water in the dugout […]
The year was 1962. The place–a small town in Missouri so insignificant it billed itself as The Gateway to the Ozarks. Not the Ozark Mountains themselves, you understand, but if you wanted to get to […]
Love Philosophy? Get a Master’s or PhD online. Fill out a short form and compare top schools. Banner advertisement, Facebook. “C-o-g-i-t-o . . . e-r-g-o . . . s-u-m.” I never used to pay any […]
An official of FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, maintained an opulent lifestyle that included a luxury apartment in New York–for his cats. The Wall Street Journal “Put down the Friskies and nobody […]
The Manuscript Writing Cafe in Tokyo caters to blocked writers, charging them approximately $2 an hour for a seat, or $4.50 for more desirable spots facing walls. Patrons are fined if they do not meet […]
For most of the 20th century, the poetry world resembled a country club. The New York Times Book Review It was a Sunday afternoon, and I just wanted to get out of the damn […]
A South Seas island tribe worships boxing promoter Don King. New York Times Praise the Lord! I have come to Vanuatu as so many pilgrims have before me, seeking religious freedom. The freedom to […]
Summer’s mid-point is here, and signs of boredom are visible in the demeanor of our two boys, Scooter and Skipper. Instead of riding their bikes to the corner store to buy baseball cards with money […]