Ask anyone who their favorite comedian is, and you may get a range of answers: Patton Oswalt. Jeff Foxworthy. Sarah Silverman. Favorite comedic actor? Will Ferrell. Steve Carrell. Favorite comedy musician? Weird Al Yankovic. Andy Samberg. Favorite comedy talk-show host? Seth Meyers. John Oliver. And yet one of the few…

Dearest friend, Dang, it’s been so long since I’ve spoken to you. So much has changed, huh? We used to live in the greatest country on Earth, with all the green fields and packed stadiums you could want. A land where you could do anything you wanted and people would…

Pyramus and Thisbe whisper to each other through a crack in the stone wall dividing them and fall in love as they talk every night. Their families, who despise each other, forbid them from meeting in person. Finally, they sneak out to meet, but Thisbe is frightened away by a…

The Legacy of A Christmas Carol — They say the classics are classic for a reason. It would seem that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has aged remarkably well. This simple tale of a wealthy miser who’s scared into philanthropy remains popular more than 175 years after its debut. It endures despite — or perhaps because of…

How American Workers are Quietly Raging Against the Machine — The workforce has been on an emotional rollercoaster since the pandemic began. As countless businesses were shuttered, many people found themselves laid-off or furloughed. Others quit to avoid contact with plague-bearing anti-maskers. Either way, people were out of work. One might imagine they’d be desperate to find a job —…

When I was 17, my parents gifted me a snorkeling trip in the Florida Keys as a graduation gift. We traveled to Key Largo, where I joined a bunch of strangers on a pontoon boat headed to John Pennekamp State Park. As a lifelong animal lover and someone fascinated by…

The Ferber Method of childrearing encourages parents to let their kids cry it out. The idea is to build resilience and prevent children from relying on external validation. Ideally, this controversial method ends in childhood. But in America, we seem obsessed with resilience, to the point that we consider accepting…

How Movie Characters Drive and Exceed Their Story — Many iconic characters seem to take on a life of their own — and according to Luigi Pirandello, they do. In 1921, the Italian playwright shocked the local theatre scene with Six Characters in Search of An Author, a highly “meta” play in which wayward characters urge a director to…

The entrepreneurial sphere is larger than ever in history. The Great Resignation has coincided with the Great Founding, in which millions of people are launching their own enterprises or working a lucrative mix of gigs. Folks have realized that they can and should diversify their income. Online businesses span virtually…