I knew having a child would force me to examine my life, but I didn’t expect to have to start with my penis. When my wife and I found out we were having a boy, everyone asked if we were going to circumcise him.
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Joe Hazelwood’s Bad Trip on the Exxon Valdez
A rather unique way to renew old acquaintances — I can certainly think of more pleasant and certainly less “newsworthy” ways to do it, though.
1,000 (Or So) Things to Do Before the End of the World
The world is going to end on Saturday. Maybe
Bermuda: Tension in the Air
To the casual tourist on an afternoon outing, Bermuda seemed the same old happy, fun place.
Has Barbie Delivered a Knockout Blow to the Bratz?
The Bratz may be hosting their final slumber party next month.
Education: Campus in a Cruel Month
Harvard in the spring is usually a beguiling vision of academe as it ought to be.
Spending Cuts: Will Congress Play Along?
The standard image of a cost-cutting Washington politician is a certain kind of dour old man — a pinch-fisted Dickensian fussbudget who wags his finger and scolds Americans about living within their means.
World Series of Poker: Attack of the Math Brats
Phil Hellmuth Jr. may be the world’s most decorated gambler, and when it comes to what old-timers call the Cadillac of poker — Texas hold ’em — his record 11 World Series of Poker championship bracelets are tantamount to a royal flush
An E-Mail Plea: Help Pay My Tuition!
The e-mail looks like a scam: “I have to come up with big-time cash,” writes Max Stephenson. The 18-year-old is headed for New York University, he explains, but his mom is on disability, his dad works three jobs, and all his grants and loans only cover half of the school’s $50,000 annual tab.
Florida Grapples With Its Deadly Hit-and-Run Car Culture
Ashley Nicole Valdes was a smart, pretty 11-year-old girl who often cared for her younger, mentally disabled sister while their single mother studied to be a paramedic. In January, while crossing the street to get to her home west of Miami, Ashley was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in a pickup truck — and became a heart-wrenching symbol of South Florida’s notoriously reckless car culture.