While working conditions in medieval England were brutal for peasants, in some places the workers got better sick, annual, and bereavement leave than plenty of workers get today. Research from…

A new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open tracked 14,000 students in Australia aged 11 to 14 from the year 2019 to 2022. It found that the students underwent a…

Almost ten years ago, I made a list of 11 New Year's resolutions for the NFL. Most of these proposals were relatively simple to adopt and should've been implemented immediately.…

For the past 12 years, I've been the humor columnist for Seasons, a quarterly magazine with a readership of about 200,000 in Connecticut. Twelve years is a long time to…

It's a big day! Today is the twentieth anniversary of my blog — Grin and Bare It — and its earlier permutations, Perpetual Perpetuity and Conform Me Not. My blogging…

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that I take my goal-setting and New Year’s resolutions very seriously. Since 2010, I’ve posted my resolutions on…

Naomi Kritzer wrote a blog post entitled "Gifts for Peple You Hate, 2024."I loved this idea. When a student has a birthday, I give them a packet of passes that…

Jeni Bonaldo and I performed "Matt and Jeni Are Unprepared" for the fourth time last month at the Playhouse on Park to a sold-out audience. Elysha hosted the show and…

The percentage of high school seniors who expect to get married one day has declined from 80 percent in 1993 to 67 percent in 2023. Nearly one-third of high school…

Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The…