Read The Classics!

from The Atlantic WHAT THE FRESHMAN CLASS NEEDS TO READ It is no small part of a liberal education to show students the broad range of meaningful lives they might aspire to lead. By Niall Ferguson and Jacob Howland Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani You’re...

Oops!

from NBC News After 4-year-old accidentally smashes ancient jar, museum invites him back. The 3,500-year-old artifact, on display in a museum in Haifa, Israel, predated the Biblical kings Solomon and David. By Charlotte Kwan A Bronze Age jar, dating from 2200 to 1500...

Laura Dern Dissed

from NME Laura Dern was forced to quit college over ‘Blue Velvet’: “You are no longer welcome” “Pisses me off” By Chris Edwards Laura Dern has revealed she was forced to drop out of college after landing the role of Sandy Williams in David Lynch’s 1986...

Rawdogging

from The Atlantic Young Men Have Invented a New Way to Defeat Themselves Rawdogging is a search for purity that cannot be achieved. By Ian Bogost Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. It was time to buckle up and face the void. I was going to “rawdog” this...

Avoid Bad People

from The Washington Post World’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies at 117 in Spain Story by Adela Suliman © Residencia Santa Maria del Tura/Reuters She was dubbed a “supercentenarian” and the world’s oldest person. She celebrated her 117th birthday...