People tuck all sorts of things into books and promptly forget where they left them. Which is probably how one…

People tuck all sorts of things into books and promptly forget where they left them. Which is probably how one…
An owl is pestering joggers in an Oregon park. In his latest appearance (the fourth), he snatched a man's favorite…
It is winter in the United States and therefore very cold. Face-freezing cold. Long-underwear cold. And yet Baskin…
[Long, tired sigh.] So you know how the "left shark" dancing next to Katy Perry at the halftime show became the…

Say whatever you want about sugar and spice and everything nice, but the fact is that little girls are sometimes…
Correspondence is hard and fraught with potential mix-ups. Sometimes you thank the wrong great-aunt for those lovely…
Pigeon enthusiasts want you to know that pigeons are so much more than those disreputable city specimens lurking…
Another day, another something named after the famed voice of classy nature television Sir David Attenborough. This…
As any cat owner who's ever received a package can attest, cats fucking love boxes. But why? Why can't I open an…
Statecraft! It's a delicate art. But it shouldn't take the ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to tell you that…

Kids around America are still shrieking the lyrics to "Let It Go" at ear-splitting volumes. But could Frozen be…
The Daily Show tackled the topic of measles last night (as was pretty much inevitable, sooner or later). Come for…
To demonstrate that he really does think vaccines are safe and vital to public health, despite previously using the…
Barbie continues her march toward the dustbin of cultural history, sure, but that doesn't mean there's no more cash…
You know what's a great response when a mere woman presses you on the consequences of a policy proposal? To shush…
The New York attorney general has ordered GNC, Target, Walgreens and Walmart to clean house. He says they're selling…
Got $100,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Think Pretty Woman, a movie about a scumbag corporate raider…
A California library has acquired a cache of letters from Jane Austen's mother's family. No, none of the letters was…
Nobody under the age of 18 will be admitted to UK showings of Fifty Shades of Grey. Serious question: Does anybody…