American politics is so intensely stupid and nasty that it sometimes seems as if somebody made a series of wishes with a monkey’s paw. The dark moral of “The Monkey’s Paw,” a 1902 short story by the English writer W.W. Jacobs that became a pop culture trope, is that you should be careful what you […]
The 29-year-old man beaten and stabbed by four men at a Bronx train station he wished a happy new year to was trying to squeeze past the cruel quartet when he was attacked, family members said Saturday. “He was coming down [to the platform] and then these guys — he said it was two on […]
I’ve noticed when I scroll through my Instagram feed — all the time, but especially at Christmas — I am bombarded with people showing me things I must have in order to make my life better: “These boots are all the rage this season!” “This obscure kitchen device will change your LIFE!” “Want your house […]