This last Monday, this country celebrated—to the extent that it celebrates any federal holiday—Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. In honor of the occasion, the New York Times ran an interesting essay by Sarah Vowell that I couldn’t help but agree with. Here’s what Dr. King got out of the Sermon on the Mount. On Nov. […]

I will admit it: I am not the world’s best dog owner. In an average week, Lucky probably goes on no more than four walks. Surely this record isn’t atrocious enough to merit calling the local humane society, but it’s not too good either. And I get the impression from Lucky that it’s abysmal. When […]

Today is Father’s Day. As is his custom, Frank Warren, PostSecret’s curator, has posted a number of lovely and heart-breaking secrets from people all over the country. And though the site is not without it’s failings (most notably that secrets only stay up for a week), it’s consistently fascinating to read other people’s anonymously disclosed […]