by | Aug 8, 2015 | Weirdness
from The New Yorker The Disappearance of the World’s Greatest Free Diver By Alec Wilkinson Natalia Molchanova, pictured here in 2005, trained like an old-school Soviet athlete, but her voice was full of laughter and even joy. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY JACQUES MUNCH / AFP /...
by | Aug 7, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from The Wall Street Journal The Suicide of the Liberal Arts Indoctrinating students isn’t the same as teaching them. Homer and Shakespeare have much to tell us about how to think and how to live. By John Agresto ‘Achilles Slays Hector,’ by Peter Paul Rubens, circa...
by | Aug 6, 2015 | Bright Shiny News
from NBC10 Service Dog Saves Blind Owner’s Life During House Fire By David Chang A service dog is being hailed a hero after she jumped into action and saved her blind owner’s life by alerting authorities to a house fire in Philadelphia Thursday morning. The fire...
by | Aug 5, 2015 | Culture Music Art
from artnet news Are Pierce Brosnan and High-Profile Collectors Really Using Instagram to Buy Art? by Cait Munro Photo: Instagram/@piercebrosnanofficial. The New York Times has finally caught on to a little trend we discovered almost two years ago: collectors—many of...
