Our current issue has a number of stories on narcissism. Well, in that spirit comes the Museum of Me, “a new Facebook app from Intel that turns your life into a virtual gallery exhibition.” Look at me! Look at me!
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What makes a new product a successful sell for the Lady Gaga Generation? Remember rule number one: “Everyone is Awesome.”
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A petition to end the war on drugs in the next 24 hours.
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Biblical prophecy and Michelle Bachmann. Mother Jones dissects the politician’s relationship with Olive Tree Ministries, an evangelical Christian organization with an eye on the end times.
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In case you hadn’t heard, populist playwright David Mamet is now a born again conservative. Kurt Loder chronicles the conversion in the current issue of Reason.
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Do the Kennedys stop media portrayals of their family that they find objectionable? That’s the claim from Richard Bradley in Boston Magazine.
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Yet another logical article about taxing the rich instead of cutting necessary programs. This one from Mark Engler at YES! Magazine.
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How some species stick around despite drastic changes to their environment.
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The lineup for TEDGlobal 2011, which starts in Edinburgh on July 11, is set. Among the over 75 artists, inventors, theorists, and activists slated to appear live and via international webcast are anti-extremism activist Maajid Nawaz, rational optimist Matt Ridley, and Debunker Ben Goldacre.
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for amphibious ice cream.
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A trip around the solar system, in pictures.
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Randa Jarrar, who has written previously for Utne Reader, guest-edited the fiction section for Guernica Magazine this month.
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Fans of HBO’s Treme–which chronicles life in New Orleans post-Katrina and if jam packed with native musicians and superstar cameos playing bounce, jazz, funk, and bluegrass–should check out this weekly water-cooler conversation, which tells you who is playing what.
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If you’re looking for some summer reading, you’re in luck (or not): Glenn Beck is launching his own publishing imprint with Simon & Schuster called Mercury Ink. The imprint will feature fiction and nonfiction books that reflect Beck’s interests.
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The Atlantic is doing just fine without blogger Andrew Sullivan, thank you. When the blogger extraordinaire left for The Daily Beastearlier this year, there was concern that the mag’s revitalizing online growth would take a hit. Instead, the site hit 10 million uniques in May.
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What happens when a violent criminal enrolls in a Ph.D. program for “homicide studies”? He becomes an academically-trained serial killer.
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Did you ever wish you had a twin? Mental Floss presents some of the charms and quirks of unusually close twins.
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Molly Jong-Fast–whose mother, Erica Jong, is famous for writing about women and sexual liberation–wrote an essay for Salon about living a (relatively) prude life.
