This First Word column appears in the Sept./Oct. 2009 issue of RELEVANT. Click here to view the digital edition, or pick it up at retailers nationwide. Get to know me,…
It may be the most hateful four-letter word in the English language: “them.” As in, “Them Jews ain’t going to let him talk to me,” which was Jeremiah Wright’s…
Anyone who has followed my Twitter this spring has probably been annoyed with me during the NBA playoffs. Longtime RELEVANT Podcast listeners know I’m a fairly—OK, very—passionate fan of the…
A little-known anecdote tells that J.K. Rowling was advised early in her writing days to make her main character a boy. Her publishers told her that boys wouldn’t read a…
As I mentioned in my last column, the March issue marked the sixth anniversary of RELEVANT. I talked about the turnaround we’ve been working on and the new vision for…
Turnaround seems to be the de facto priority for Washington right now. And while I agree there are steps the government should take to get the free market economy flowing…
The Facebook “25 Random Things” sensation is the first legitimate pop culture phenomenon of 2009. And it’s almost universally regarded as stupid. And yet in the last week, five million…
I recently Twittered about my regret in somehow overlooking Kings of Leon‘s Only By The Night. The album released last fall, but I hadn’t given it a listen until just…