Emily Hornsby
Holly Golightly and the Knight in Shining Armor Complex
A recent Onion headline reads as follows: “College-Aged Female Finds Unlikely Kindred Spirit in Audrey […]
New Research on Wealth Confirms What Jesus Said 2,000 Years Ago
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor […]
“The Harder I Fight”: Neko Case on Parents, Depression …
I’ve never gotten into Neko Case, but after hearing an interview she did on NPR’s […]
Christmas in August: G.K. Chesterton on the “Winged Levity&# …
A quick excerpt from G. K. Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man: The truth is that there is […]
What Does Your Selfie Say About You?
Like wearing trucker hats and reading Snooki’s books, seflies have become a semi-ironic trend. They’re […]
The American Hustle and How We’ve Failed
Last week The Atlantic ran an interview with “cultural historian and social critic” Morris Berman […]
Two Sides of the Same Golden Coin: The Confidence/Humility Balance
Another nugget from Glennon Doyle Melton’s book, Carry on, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed. In […]
And The Law Won (Or Did It?): Netflix’s Orange is the New …
In prison, nothing comes for free—not food, not shower shoes, not even the past. For […]
Karmic Coffee and Surprise Saviors: College Humor’s First Mo …
A few weeks ago I made what, for me, is a slightly odd choice and […]
Spiritual Warfare 2.0: How Prayer is Not a Video Game
Anthropologist and author T. M. Luhrmann has written a guest column for The New York […]
How Karaoke Saved One Man from a Total Eclipse of the Heart
You start to sing karaoke, and some kind of psychic heart-switch flips. If you’re lucky, […]
Obnoxious Grandmas and (Not) Aging in Style
In her memoir, Disaster Preparedness, mbird fave Heather Havrilesky tells winning story after winning story […]
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