I recently heard about the parenting movement known as FAFO, an acronym for ”Fuck Around and Find Out." It describes a parenting style that essentially allows kids to experience the…

Harvard University has been consumed by an internal report arguing that grade inflation at Harvard has increased dramatically over the years. In the 2005-06 school year, 25 percent of all…

Speak Up Storytelling and Voices of Hope collaborate for the eighth time on Sunday, November 16, for another storytelling show featuring the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, who will…

Four years ago, I had four Vietnamese boys in my classroom. During one of our many conversations about race, they expressed frustration over being referred to as Asian. Or even…

If you're familiar with the song "Steal My Sunshine" — the 1999 hit by Canadian rock band Len, you might be aware of these three brilliant, perfect, tragic lines: And…

A typical turkey sandwich in the 1980s contained 320 calories. Today it can contain up to 820 calories. As a result, an analysis of federal nutritional survey data found that…

‘Pebbling’ is the new term for when people share memes and GIFs with friends and family. The term "pebbling" originates with the gentoo penguin. They are known to pick up…

I think the idea conveyed by these two images is ridiculous and not helpful. FIVE YEARS? If something is going to be hugely stressful for five years, you have a…

If you search for quotes by Matthew Dicks on the internet, the one that comes up most often is from my novel "Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend." It reads: “You…

When you wonder why we don't have flying cars yet, fear not. We can't soar through the sky on our commute to work yet, but the future is here. Case…