Exit the bigots
The Boy Scouts of America have lost six percent of their members since changing their policy on gay participants, the group recently announced. Some may think this is bad news.…
I had problems with the ending of The Lord of the Rings, but it had little to do with Frodo and Sam’s fate.
Quora recently asked the question: Would the Lord of the Rings have been more satisfying with a different ending. Specifically, what if the eagles hadn't rescued Frodo and Samwise from…
The greatest source of discontent in my marriage may be this Cadillac commercial, which I adore.
My wife and I do not fight. It’s not that we are opposed to fighting, and we’re certainly more than happy to argue a point when the time is right,…
The Moth: Deformed Cow and Moonlight Deer
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in New York City in July of last year. The theme of the night was…
Barbara Green is a literary hero in a small town in Italy. And in my heart.
I love this story. I received an email last week from a librarian in southern Italy. It reads:_________________________ Dear Matthew,We write from a public library of a very small town…
North Korean nightmare
Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, is the one point of light in the middle of darkness between South Korea (on the right) and China (on the left) in this recent…
Facebookless friends
It just occurred to me: My three closest male friends are not on Facebook. Two have no accounts whatsoever, and the third has an account that he has never used. …
Resolution update: February 2014
1. Don’t die. I still kick ass at not dying. 2. Lose ten pounds. One pounds gained in February. Oops. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups five…
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