In our pragmatic, often desiccated age, the notion of play — in all its frivolous, seemingly inconsequential glory — is often construed as unproductive, and therefore, of lesser importance. This understanding, however, when scrutinized through a broader, more comprehensive lens, reveals itself as a facile simplification. …

I know something. I know something you don’t. I am an insider, in the know, and you are one of the uninitiated, the uncool, even a little ignorant, and certainly too closed-minded to get it . . . …

My earliest coherent memory is of a schoolyard. I have other memories, but they are just images really, not a coherent story with a beginning, middle, and end. This memory may have been preschool. I may have been four years old. Or, this memory may have been kindergarten. …

Riding the high-octane highway of human lunacy, we find ourselves at a curious crossroads, a roadside pit stop of profound ignorance and reckless abandon known as climate denialism. …

Let’s get one thing straight, ladies and gents, right out of the gate: This world is brimming with people who are quick to brand themselves as “smart.” They’ll flash their Ivy League diplomas, rattle off big words, and spew out data like an unmanned fire hose, all while puffing their…

In the wild and wooly world of human social groups, there exists a bizarre and utterly divine phenomenon that is as necessary as it is feared: divergence. It’s the wild-eyed cousin of conformity, a throbbing, pulsating force that drives society to new and mystifying heights. Divergence is the spark that…

There’s something inescapable about the frenetic energy of mob rule, a brutal force that courses through the veins of society like a drug, igniting the most primal instincts in the human soul. …

Man meets woman. In college. Geology class. The earth and the rocks that it is composed of. A hand job in the middle of this class. Sex in the woods. Sex in the car. Sex on the plane. And, then no sex. No sex, at all, anymore. A relationship cannot…

The best dating advice you can’t live without. From luxurious getaways to weekend staycations, hotel stays have always held a certain allure. The hotel pool, in particular, is a place where the boundaries of the everyday fade away, offering couples an opportunity to explore new depths of intimacy. …