10 Ghost Adventures From DC To NYC
In recognition of the Ghost Adventures Live Broadcast from the Trans-Allegheny Penitentiary on the Travel Channel tonight from 8PM to 3AM, here are the Top 10 spookiest ghost adventures between Washington, D.C. and New York City. MUAHAHAHAHA!
1. Washington Square Park, Manhattan, NY: Washington Square Park is located on the site of a former gallows and [...]
Glenn Beck Had Better Kill Us
Glenn Beck is comparatively uneducated, but somehow he’s making millions from his show on Fox News, his radio show, and book deals. He grew up in Mount Vernon, Washington, a place that is 75.44% White. He went to Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington, a town that is 87.88% White. He never graduated from college [...]
Did Ivanka Trump Marry an Affirmative Action Baby?
It’s not the kind of affirmative action that enrages many Americans. But Jared Kushner’s family made millions in donations to Harvard and NYU before he enrolled, according to The Boston Globe and his Wikipedia profile, even though his grades and standardized test scores were in the toilet. But alas, don’t hate the playa, hate the [...]
Disney: Baby Einstein Has Zero Gravity
Directly on the heels of Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman’s child-rearing book, “Nutureshock” being released last month, Disney announced Friday it will refund $15.99 for up to four “Baby Einstein” DVDs per household purchased between June 5, 2004, and Sept. 5, 2009. The Baby Einstein series may not only fail to make kids smarter, but [...]
The Neuroscience of Fraud
New York Magazine discusses the conflict between Ayn Rand’s childhood in Bolshevik Russia and her unforgiving views about the eminence of indiscriminate capitalism. Newsweek points to new research from UC Davis identifying the area of the brain (the anterior cingulate cortex) responsible for justifying our conflicting beliefs. And a Goldman executive defends income inequality as [...]
OMG! It’s the “Fall of the Republic!”
I suppose Adam Smith, Alexander Hamilton, Roger B. Taney, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Bernie Madoff, and the Dallas Cowboys had absolultely nothing to do with it.
