Contrarians: Angels, Devils, Or Neither?, by Paul Shirley
Not long ago, a journalist I follow on Twitter dished this nugget of intellectual complexity: Lately, I’ve noticed that the sentiment expressed in that Hemingwayian Tweet...
View ArticleMitt Happens, by Rosicky Jones
The Bank United Center Fieldhouse at the University of Miami hosted Mitt Romney right on the heels of his 47% comment. It was a 200-person town hall meeting slash interview slash Hispanic pandering...
View ArticleMy Message To The American Voter, by Paul Shirley
In these, the weeks leading up to the election of the American President Most Likely To Be In Office When Justin Bieber Goes To Rehab For The First Time, there will be yelling and screaming and...
View ArticleThe 2012 Voter IQ Test, by Matt Shirley
Dear America, If you can pass this test, you can vote on November 6th. If you can’t, you don’t get to vote, and should consider fitting yourself with some head protection. Everyone will agree to take...
View ArticleLars and the Real Pope, by Rosicky Jones
The office shut down on the 13th of March so we could watch the movie Lars And The Real Girl. Well, it wasn’t that movie, but it was a derivative. You see, on the 13th of March a brand new Pope was...
View ArticleA Collective Love Letter: Remembering Why We Love Who We Love, for the Sake...
Love. We all know it. We’ve all felt some manifestation of it, or hope to one day. We all need it like we need air. Over the next few months a group of people in black robes will decide who among us...
View ArticleJerry Lewis and You, by Paul Shirley
When I saw Jerry Lewis’s name trending on Twitter last week, my first thought was, Oh, he must have died. Wait, is he already dead? Whatever, at least we won’t have to deal with that telethon business...
View Article(Don’t) Question Authority, by Paul Shirley
On May 10, Efrain Rios Montt, former dictator of Guatemala, was found guilty of genocide, making him the first head of state to be convicted of this charge by a court in his own country. The trial has...
View ArticleAttractive People Have Feelings Too, by Matteson Perry
The only thing more probable than Kim and Kanye naming their baby something unusual were the jokes that would follow on social media. As the due date approached you could feel the online world’s...
View ArticleBe Nice!, by Paul Shirley
There I am, at my desk in my room in Los Angeles, butt on my annoying gray physioball, eyes on my dusty computer screen, hand idly dropping almonds in my partially agape mouth. I’m reading an article...
View ArticleReasons I Made a Snow Angel at 4:30 p.m. Last Tuesday, by Amanda Oliver
I am sitting and listening, I can’t help listening, as she drafts this letter to someone over the phone. She wears a Harvard Law long sleeve and keeps saying, “I’m back in Cambridge” to whoever is on...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Cried Racist, by Paul Shirley
These days, it seems that every time I turn on the Internet, I am faced with someone making the snap judgment that someone else is a racist. These accusations are sometimes justified, but they often...
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