4+ hour, 11+ min ago  (664+ words) Jane Austen had very few nice things to say about Mary Bennet, the homely middle sister in Pride and Prejudice. "Mary had neither genius nor taste;" she writes early in the beloved novel, "and though vanity had given her application,…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago  (718+ words) By Shalise Manza Young In July 2008, an illustrated New Yorker magazine cover depicted Barack Obama in traditional Muslim garb fist-bumping his wife, Michelle, who had a massive Afro and a long gun slung across her back. The couple was in…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago  (159+ words) The Contrarian Are our votes really being counted? How do we flush corruption out of the American political system? And: Is Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) running for President in 2028? Senator Booker joins April Ryan to assure Americans that, yes, our…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago  (72+ words) Breed: Border collie/husky mix (we think?) Hobbies: Bugging mom for cuddles, begging for cheese, peanuts, and grilled salmon, and enjoying trail walks. Worst Moment: Nearly ripping mom's arm off in an effort to protect her from neighborhood deer " this…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago  (862+ words) By Frederic J. Frommer Growing up in Queens, I was steeped in stories of the Knicks" championship teams of the early 1970s. But, alas, I was too young to remember any of them. I experienced those tales only through my parents" memories…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1449+ words) Donald Trump Jr. s wedding last month spoke volumes about the kind of father the president is. Donald Trump Sr. couldnt find time in his schedule to attend the marriage ceremony of his eldest son. Donald the dad said he…...

11+ hour, 21+ min ago  (341+ words) I am a sucker for an optimistic, inspiring, unabashedly pro-intellectual, and funny college graduation speech delivered to an audience spanning everyone from Nobel Prize winners to grandparents bursting with pride. (There is something especially heartwarming about seeing celebrity speakers earnestly…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (707+ words) I don't mean to make the New York Knicks winning their first NBA title since 1973 about me, but they've left me with no other choice. Millions of moments, millions of stories, just like that were born across New York City…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (623+ words) Donald Trump got what he wanted first with the Iran conflict: a scoreboard. The fighting has stopped. The Strait of Hormuz is "poised" to reopen. Oil prices fell. Markets liked the news. On Monday, Trump spun it as a resounding…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (349+ words) Democracy is not a spectator sport. Whether you want to exercise your right to vote, join a protest, call your elected officials, run for office, or keep tabs on the week's hottest issues and protests, The Contrarian has you covered....