Boba tea is a beverage that people drink sometimes, and the New York Times is on it. The paper of record was widely criticized today…
SPEAK OUT
When Donald Trump refuses to fault white supremacists, it’s every American’s job to call him out
One person was killed and at least 19 people were injured on Saturday when a car plowed through a crowd protesting the white nationalist rally…
DON'T SHAKE IT OFF
Taylor Swift’s sexual assault testimony calls out one of today’s most persistent sexist myths
In the US, women are expected to feel bad for men who hurt and disrespect them. The injustice of this expectation was laid bare in…
ONLY HUMAN
Policing people’s grammar online is never really about grammar
When I think about good manners, I go straight to my favorite scene in the 2001 Anne Hathaway movie The Princess Diaries. When Hathaway accidentally…
PLANK FEVER
The exercise move that all my coworkers secretly do every morning without me
A couple months ago, I discovered that all of my coworkers are secretly obsessed with doing planks. They weren’t actively trying to hide this information…
HISTORY LESSONS
The time Salvador Dali took his dead wife for a ride in a Cadillac de Ville
Salvador Dali may be dead, but his mustache is in fine form. Spanish authorities confirmed that the surrealist painter’s slender, gravity-defying facial hair was in…
DRINK UP
The ultimate summer party cocktail for procrastinators
Whether you’re hosting friends this weekend or laying low, there’s no time like the present to get in on frosé—the most Instagram-friendly drink of the…
WIZARDING LIFE
Hufflepuff is the best house in Harry Potter—and the most misunderstood
One day several years ago, my friend Ehren got to talking with some buddies about which Hogwarts house they would be in. These conversations always…
ON THE SPOT
James Comey proves it’s basically impossible to give a perfect response to a bad boss
What’s the right way to respond if your boss makes an inappropriate—or even unethical—request? Former FBI director James Comey says he found himself facing just…
READY TO LAUNCH
The key to getting paid to do what you love, and more advice for college graduates
When I graduated from college in 2005, I was disappointed to discover that the Venn diagram between Stuff I Liked to Do and Stuff People…
REGULAR JOE
The psychological effects of growing up with an extremely common name
There’s a line in a poem by Czeslaw Milosz that’s always stuck with me: “Love means to learn to look at yourself/ The way one…
DOING OUR BEST
There’s no way to win at email—so we just need to relax our standards
I have 2,937 unread emails in my personal inbox. Some of those emails are newsletters and Lyft ride receipts and discount offers from the Gap.…
