By Kevin Mims
Kevin Mims looks back on the dishonest defenestration campaigns which targeted prize fighter Jack Dempsey and silent film actor, "Fatty" Arbuckle, in the 1920s, and the toll they took on the men involved.
A new book takes a look at the particular personality-type that drives totalitarian regimes.
By Phyllis Chesler
Does The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments more accurately reflect women's lives in the United States or Afghanistan?
By Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday employed a "sensitivity reader" to scan his latest book. Here he retells what he found out about their work.
By Jamie Kilstein
The firing of a comedian from Saturday Night Live shows that we don't actually root for redemption anymore--we just want to see them punished, argues Jamie Kilstein.
By Stephen Elliott
In a story about compassion and forgiveness, Stephen Elliott reflects on his years living on the streets, recalling an episode where he was sexually propositioned.