The Bravery To Be Vulnerable
An experiment in #100DaysofVulnerability Six years ago, I went through a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation course. It was easily, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Not the silence mind you....
View ArticleFact and Fiction in the Life of the Counter-Terror Celebrity
Maajid Nawaz bases his credibility on a compelling personal story, but how much of it is true? Maajid Nawaz, a native Briton of Pakistani background, tells a compelling personal story of his odyssey...
View ArticleEvery episode of Gilmore Girls, ranked
Every episode of Gilmore Girls has a grace note. Every episode, even the very worst, has some weird, quirky jewel of a moment that makes the whole thing worth watching — even something as small as Rory...
View ArticleBen Carson is back -- and so are his controversies
Washington (CNN)Ben Carson is back -- and so are the controversies and contradictions that have dominated his time in politics. President-elect Donald Trump this week tapped Carson to run the...
View ArticleSimple “but twisted” Minds.
I will just have to put a few pieces of spurious information at the top of this piece so as to prevent anything being displayed on Facebook, apart from a link, because we all know how much the things...
View ArticleRead the Full Transcript of the Tenth Republican Debate in Texas
Five Republican presidential candidates faced off Thursday night in Houston for the tenth GOP debate. Real estate mogul Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John...
View ArticleThe 24-Year Feud That Has Dogged Star Citizen
A version of this article originally appeared in Swedish, in issue 018 of LEVEL magazine (July 2016). This edited English version is published exclusively on Kotaku UK, with permission. This is part of...
View ArticleBring on the Crackup: Hoping for a Trump–Sanders Election
As I write this, in mid-late March 2016, things are generally going the way that I have hoped for–but of course this sort of analysis is in danger of being overtaken by events at any moment. Still, I...
View ArticleIn Mocking Ben Carson, Trump Mocked Evangelicals Everywhere
I’m not sure that Donald Trump understands redemption. I’m even less sure that he understands how to win Evangelicals. But I’m certain that his mockery of Ben Carson’s redemption story shows a lack of...
View ArticleWhich Republicans Oppose Donald Trump? A Cheat Sheet
In most respects, Robert Gates’s harsh weekend broadside against Donald Trump is unsurprising. Gates, a longtime Republican wise man in national security and defense circles, seems like a shoe-in to...
View ArticleTrump questions Carson's 'pathological temper', faith
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, brushing aside any recent claims of civility, has equated Ben Carson's childhood "pathological temper" to the illness of a child...
View ArticleThe 155 Craziest Things Trump Said This Cycle
Facebook Twitter Google + Email Comment Print It all started on June 16, 2015, when he announced he’d run for president of the United States. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View Article100 days of Donald Trump
In April, a few weeks before Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, he stood on a stage in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and made a bold prediction. “At some point, I'm going to be so...
View ArticleWill Donald Trump's rant at opponents and Iowa voters mark his demise?
Analysis: Pity America's gun-shy political pundits. What they want to say today is that Donald Trump finally went nuts and blew up his campaign. How stupid are the people of Iowa? Donald Trump But they...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleIowa supporters unfazed by Trump's outburst
Iowa supporters' response to Donald Trump's 95-minute eruption? An "ugh" and a shrug. The reaction Friday to his speech in which the real estate mogul used a four-letter word not common to presidential...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s insult of voters, rivals signals downfall: Analysts
Some political observers in the United States see recent attacks by leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump against his rivals and voters signal the start of his downfall. During a...
View Article10 moments from Trump's Iowa speech
AMES, Iowa (AP) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered an angry, freewheeling speech Thursday night in which he used a four-letter epithet, sarcastically assailed rival Ben Carson...
View ArticleBen Carson just endorsed Donald Trump for president
Dr. Ben Carson endorsed Donald Trump for president on Friday morning, dealing yet another blow to those desperately hoping to prevent Trump from becoming the Republican nominee. "I have known Donald...
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