Author Archives: Max West

Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

The Atlantic has an article on “Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness” (from 2013): People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity.

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Work Less, Do More, Live Better

Patience Schell discusses modernity’s “long-hours culture and the cult of busyness.”

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Obama at Stonehenge

The Organizer recently visited the iconic pagan site. Create your own caption.

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’60 Minutes’ on Mexican Border Children… Err, I mean WWII Jewish Children

On 60 Minutes last night, sentimental reporter Bob Simon (ahem) had a piece titled “Saving the Children“, about Nicholas Winton, a British citizen who, during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, arranged for 669 Jewish children to emigrate out of Prague … Continue reading

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James Corden (White Male, 40-ish) Set For CBS ‘Late Late Show’ Slot

British writer/actor/comedian James Corden will be replacing the (abysmally unfunny) Craig Ferguson on CBS’s The Late Late Show. So, we have: Jimmy Fallon: white (40-ish) David Letterman: white (60-ish) Seth Meyers: white (40-ish) Jimmy Kimmel: white (40-ish) Carson Daly: white … Continue reading

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Atlanta Hawks Owner Bruce Levenson… Who’s Next?

Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson is selling the team… all because of an email he sent. Levenson admits he sent the email to team execs back in 2012, urging them to get more suburban white fans at games. He then … Continue reading

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Frenchman Among ISIS Torturers

Those crazy Frenchmen! A French journalist held hostage for months by extremists in Syria says one of his captors was a Frenchman suspected of killing four people at the Brussels Jewish Museum earlier this year. French magazine Le Point on … Continue reading

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JYT: 9/6/14

Currently, the #1 article on NYT.com is:

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Were We Happier in the Stone Age?

Yuval Noah Harari asks “Were we happier in the stone age?” Even if we take into account solely the citizens of today’s affluent societies, Romantics may point out that our comfort and security have their price. Homo sapiens evolved as … Continue reading

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Piers Morgan Finally Out at CNN

Finally, this cocky, gun-hating, critic of American culture — once the new ‘face’ of CNN (among their ever-changing ‘faces’ of CNN) — has parted ways with the Clinton News Network: Piers Morgan is a free agent. The TV talk show … Continue reading

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