A Tale Of Two Wearables

The perception of Apple Watch vs. MagicBand

Back in January 2013, an article by Brooks Barnes in The New York Times about a “magical…

Don’t stop showering, California. Just lay off the burgers & nuts.

How changing what we eat is key to managing California’s megadrought.

What I’ve learnt from a Year in TV

Reader, I have been styled.

What I’ve Learned in a Year on TV

Cracking the Glass Ceiling: The career of trailblazing architect Natalie de Blois

An interview with a pivotal female architect of the 20th century.

Sometimes, Running Aground in the Florida Keys Can Be a Good Thing

For a family dealing with the aftermath of cancer, a boating mishap provides welcome relief

Five Years of My Autistic Son Rocking His iPad

My son Leo got his first iPad in May 2010, when he was ten years old. And, as it did for many other autistic people, the tablet transformed…

Math: America’s Real Enemy

America has been living in fear for decades. In America, we don’t fear terrorists, or war, or threats to our national security. No, in…

My Visit to Israel

Morning. We’ve been doing a lot of talking this week, so I thought it would be good to start the day by seeing for ourselves what the Israelis are up against.

The Commodification of Irony

RIP Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock

If you remember the first Pet Rock, you’re probably a baby boomer. If so, you may be saddened…

Transgender…but Seriously, to Hell with Boxes

March 31st marked Transgender Day of Visibility but I’m still angry because Blake Brockington really seemed to have his shit together. He…

Teaching Teens to Write

My Re Education

I should begin with me.
I’m a playwright.

I’m currently pursuing an MFA in my field. Someday I’d like…

Surfing On the Edge of Grief

Every surfer has an origin story. This is mine.

I had always wanted to learn how to surf. Pretty much since I saw Johnny Utah+Bodhi rip it up…

The Rise of ‘Studyblrs’

Teens take to social media to show off their…study habits?

By Kaite Welsh

11 Up-and-Coming Scientists You Need to Know

Meet the young scientists programming bacteria to detect cancer, breeding coral in the lab, building quantum computers…

The Follies of First-Year Economics, Part I

Families are really not that much like economies

For reasons not worth going into now, I’m reading an introductory…

The Economist wants to give you a sense of completeness, even if that’s an illusion

There’s a great interview over at the Nieman Journalism Lab with Tom Standage, deputy editor…

A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman

I only started to know my grandmother after she’d forgotten who I was.

Joni Mitchell is Not a “60s Folksinger”

“If one more major media outlet refers to Joni Mitchell as a “60s Folksinger,” I am seriously going to lose. It.” — Julian…

Broken Men And Their Broken System

The National Football League is doing a great disservice to its ex-players. What’s worse, the situation is an avoidable one.

Five Surprising Facts about the Opportunity Gap

By John Gomperts

For the past few weeks, everyone from the Washington Post to the Wall Street Journal has been…

Is Impact For You?

As part of a recent interview, I was asked what advice I would give to business school students who are looking to make a move into impact…

Chapter 12: Crushing

If you split my sternum and opened my chest, this is what I imagine you would find:

a heart

Straight Shooting

How a little gun store did big business without selling a single gun

On March 11, a gun shop opened on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with a…