Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange, The Wall Street Journal, and United Airlines all went on the fritz at roughly the same time. But there was an even more important… Read more »

Acclaimed author Jhumpa Lahiri’s debut book, Interpreter Of Maladies, was an absolute barnstormer. A collection of short stories that often focused on the tension between Indian and American culture, it won both… Read more »

For any of you who clicked this headline expecting a ripoff of Mallory Ortberg’s brilliant series on medieval monks, prepare to be disappointed. But for everyone else who finds anachronisms… Read more »

Toy and movie tie-ins are a well-worn tradition, not to mention famously super lucrative. I heard George Lucas took a tiny salary to retain all merchandising rights on Star Wars. 35 years later… Read more »