Naps have a bad reputation in America, where sleep deprivation is worn like a Boy Scout merit badge. The national motto, thanks to the industrious Puritans, might easily have been “You snooze, you lose.” Or, as Benjamin Franklin put it, “Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.” Thomas …
The stench of rotting punditry drifted over the 2016 election. Nobody saw Donald Trump lasting anywhere near as long as he did. Almost nobody saw Bernie Sanders coming in the first place. The money, which has traditionally lined up perfectly behind a winner, chose Jeb (!). The entire class of political experts failed so …
When Chris Rock hosted the eighty-eighth Academy Awards in 2016, he oversaw managed decline — a tough gig. No more exhausted gag runs through Hollywood than the Oscars. You couldn’t make jokes about how long the ceremony is; they’ve all been made. You couldn’t joke about how white it is, it always returned to …
“Immortality is but ubiquity in time” — wrote Herman Melville in “Moby-Dick.” That line, to me, is the most apt endorsement of the novel. Someone – a writer few among the readers today have heard of — once compared books to cars in his diary, meaning new models are produced each year, and the …
From big-budget movies to the buzziest new shows, streaming offers tons of content you want — but often at a steep cost. Here are four options to save money and get watching online fast. 1. Try No-Cost Services Many free, ad-supported streaming services have movies and shows that rival the content of cable networks. …
These days, phones aren’t just for making calls. Smartphones have a wealth of technology, and one of their many uses is for streaming. Even better news: You don’t have to strain your eyes watching video on the small screen of your phone. Instead, you can project that media — like your favorite TV show …
In the time it takes to dig out the remote from under your couch cushions, it seems like another streaming service pops up (such as Discovery), a fan-favorite series moves online (History’s “Vikings” has dropped its final episodes on Prime Video) or a movie you planned to see in theaters is available in your …
The lockdown experiment was fun while it lasted, but now that the world is open again, there’s something, well, kinda tragic about your face looking like Grizzly Adams’s Chia Pet. Sorry, man. It’s time to start taking care of the beard. Fortunately, the process isn’t as intimidating as you might think. Just make like …
The International Dark Sky Park Association has designated a total of 69 Dark Sky Parks in the United States. Dark Sky Parks are committed to preserving the night sky by using a sky-quality meter to determine whether a park has too much light from ambient towns, and through street lighting and lighting paths and …
Racism is neither a local nor a recent problem. It has been around for a long time. The Bible has principles that guide how people of different races should treat each other. “Racism uses crude descriptions of people” Racial slurs are offensive and demeaning. The Bible says, “Let no corrupt word proceed out of …