And now…The Airing of Grievances

"When did it become so damn hard to wish someone a Happy Whatever-You-Celebrate?"

The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse

"The difficulty of a lumper's day often went according to chance. A lucky lumper might be assigned a container filled with boxes of Kleenex or stuffed animals, while an unlucky lumper might pull a container filled with kiddie swimming pools or 200-pound trampolines. For the heaviest lifts, Dickerson would be assigned a partner, and the two would split the pay for the trailer, moving the massive boxes onto pallets by hand."

Against Gift Giving

"I would like to make a proposal: Let’s all stop giving presents to anyone over the age of 12."

The single best thing you can do for your health [Video]

A Doctor-Professor answers the old question “What is the single best thing we can do for our health” in a completely new way.


Correlation or Causation?

" Need to prove something you already believe? Statistics are easy: All you need are two graphs and a leading question."

My Occupy LA Arrest, by Patrick Meighan

"As we sat there, encircled, a separate team of LAPD officers used knives to slice open every personal tent in the park. They forcibly removed anyone sleeping inside, and then yanked out and destroyed any personal property inside those tents, scattering the contents across the park."