WIRTW #791: the 'awkward' edition
Have you ever seen a celebrity—someone whose work you genuinely love—and completely blown your shot at being normal? Yeah. Same. It just hap...
A lesson on retaliation from the State of the Union
By Jon Hyman
A lawmaker sits silently during a high-profile speech. He holds up a simple sign protesting a racially offensive depiction of a former presi...
Culture is what you tolerate
By Jon Hyman
We tell ourselves a comforting lie about bad behavior around sports. It's just passion. Just rivalry. Just trash talk. Until it's ra...
A wiener of a lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
A bun propped itself atop the deli counter and declared itself lunch. It was golden. Perfectly split. Structurally sound. "Look at my f...
WIRTW #790: the 'protest' edition
By Jon Hyman
Rock 'n' roll has a long history of protest music. From Woody Guthrie's Tear the Fascists Down to Rage Against the Machine'...