Ellsworth Toohey

The dying may be the worst people to tell you how to live. On his blog, Rikard Hjort writes about what he calls the “Deathbed Fallacy” — our misguided tendency to treat end-of-life regrets as universal life guidance. While palliative […]

Remember when Kanye West was just your garden-variety megalomaniac who occasionally interrupted awards shows? Those were the days. As reported in NBC News, Ye (the artist formerly known as both Kanye West and “somewhat stable”) has dropped his latest masterpiece:

The Trump administration has decided to go full authoritarian-thirst-trap by considering the suspension of habeas corpus — you know, that pesky little legal right that’s only been around since the Magna Carta. As reported by CNN, Stephen Miller — Trump’s

The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city walked into a federal immigration facility Thursday and refused to leave until authorities arrested him, causing a showdown between local and federal law enforcement. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody after

Somewhere in the hallowed halls of Congress, Senator John Fetterman is… well, nobody’s quite sure where he is, actually. As reported by Axios, the Pennsylvania Democrat has turned “playing hooky” into an art form, missing more votes than any other

In 1847, French photography pioneer Charles Nègre created a 3D self-portrait using a “witch’s mirror” — a clever piece of 19th-century surveillance technology. These convex mirrors, popular in homes and businesses since the 1500s, let owners monitor entire rooms from

So your spacecraft breaks down and your 8-day space jaunt turns into a 9-month orbital sleepover. Surely NASA backs up a Brinks truck full of hazard pay, right? Sorry! Turns out our intrepid space explorers Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore,

Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney earned the Medal of Honor by carrying the American flag through fire at Fort Wagner, crawling forward despite multiple gunshot wounds. Now his story has been deleted from Defense.gov — with “DEI” stamped in

A Canadian woman’s routine visa check turned into a two-week nightmare when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers suddenly detained her without explanation, sending her through multiple detention facilities in shackles despite having no criminal record and documented legal status.

In today’s episode of “Republicans Living Their Best Christian Values,” Minnesota state senator Justin Eichorn decided to spice up his Monday by allegedly trying to hire a teenager for sex, reports Minnesota Public Radio. But wait! It gets better! This