Beach Vacationers Are Doing It Wrong. Psychiatrist Richard Friedman makes the case that vacations where you do a lot of lying and idling around may “work against the very things a trip is meant to cultivate: a mental reset, a sense of relaxation, happiness.” He argues that what most of us really need a break from is the anxiety-creating “tyranny of...

Bruce Lee is a legend. He revolutionized movies and martial arts. He also boasted incredible strength and all-around physicality. Lee could place his fist one inch from the chest of a man twice his size and unleash a quick, cobra-like strike that’d send his opponent flying.  Lee could perform push-ups using just two fingers of one hand.  Lee...

You have a relationship with family, with friends, with a romantic partner. You may not have thought about it this way, but you also have a relationship with your job — a quite serious one, in fact; after all, you spend a third of your life working. Just like the relationship you have with your significant other, there are ups and downs with your...

You’re on vacation, sitting on the beach, watching your children play in the water. Everyone is full of sunshine and smiles. You think to yourself, “I’ve got a great family here. We’re doing alright.” Then, you have another thought. You remember being a kid on vacation with your family growing up and the fun you had on those trips. But, your parents...

The Knotty Death of the Necktie. Adam Gopnik explores the decline of neckties that began some 20 years ago and was accelerated by the rise of WFH thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides reflecting on the necktie’s cultural significance throughout history, Gopnik uses this article to discuss what fashion in general tells us about our culture and how...

Soldiers often need to operate in complete silence to maintain the element of surprise and avoid detection by enemy forces. But they still need to communicate with each other. So, how do they do it without telegraphing their position? With hand signals. During the past century, the military has developed hand signals that allow its members to...