Today the Wall Street Journal dredged up some hausfrau to scold young women for spending their 20s trying to build themselves into something they like instead of focusing all their energy on finding a man. The laughably out-of-touch author writes:
I'm not a Gawker writer, I'm just a guy who does stuff for Deadspin once in a while. But the Gawker Heroes series inspired me to name my hero of 2013. And I'm going to do it by going back to the Deadspin's roots.
FIFA is so hopelessly corrupt that today's lottery to determine World Cup round robin groups is a necessary evil. If a committee determined the groupings behind closed doors, it would surely result in political enemies being forced to face Brazil in the first round and the country giving Sepp Blatter the biggest…
There are far worse places to be on a summer Saturday morning than the Smorgasburg food festival in East River State Park. You have a view of Manhattan from the Midtown skyline to the Williamsburg Bridge. If you're bored you can chat with other people in line, most of whom recognize the inherent silliness of…
I always hated leaving Whalers games early. Maybe if they were down three goals I could be coaxed out of my seat when the PA announcer said, "Oooooooone minute left in the period." But it would take all of my father's cajoling to get me to leave the Hartford Civic Center before the crush of 10,000 people parked in…
In 1961 Lenny Bruce had to spend a night in jail because he said "cocksucker" on stage. Twelve years later a radio station played George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words bit and they got reprimanded by the FCC. Both were instances of censorship. They were government actions that infringed upon free speech.
