by | Aug 18, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from The Atlantic How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, making everyone—even the rich—miserable. Maybe there’s a way out. by Daniel Markovits, Professor at Yale Law School EDMON DE HARO In the summer of 1987, I...
by | Aug 17, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from Dark Horizons R.I.P. Peter Fonda By Garth Franklin The “Easy Rider” himself, Peter Fonda, has died – the famed actor passing away at 79 from lung cancer. Fonda had an interesting childhood – a difficult and distant relationship with his famous father Henry...
by | Aug 12, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from The Mirror Inside student fight night where young men box unlicensed in front of glamorous women EXCLUSIVE: Boxing’s governing bodies are deeply concerned about the lack of control surrounding white-collar events – but for ungrads in Cardiff, it is the...
by | Aug 11, 2019 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from Reuters Actor Danny Trejo of ‘Machete’ fame pulls young boy from overturned car LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Hollywood actor Danny Trejo, known for his tough-guy roles in such films as “Machete,” helped rescue a young boy who was...
by | Aug 10, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from The New Yorker The Last Robot-Proof Job in America? By Lizzie Widdicombe Robert DiGregorio, known in the Fulton Fish Market as Bobby Tuna, possesses a blend of discernment and arcane fish knowledge that, so far, computers have yet to replicate. Photograph by Mike...
by | Aug 9, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from The Guardian ‘I don’t smell!’ Meet the people who have stopped washing A growing number of people are eschewing soap and trusting bacteria to do the job instead – and an entire industry has sprung up to accommodate them by Amy Fleming ‘It’s not like I’m getting...
