Book Emily Post's great-great grandchildren bring her book on etiquette up to today's more inclusive standards Rusty Blazenhoff
annoying "You're too sensitive" is the most annoying phrase in America, beating out "No offense, but…" Rob Beschizza
free speech Scot sentenced to community service for tweeting "the only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella buuuuurn" after famed soldier's death Rob Beschizza
Science Chimpanzees and bonobos greet each other and also signal their goodbyes according to new research David Pescovitz
class war McMansion meanings: why do America's jumbo-sized status homes have useless "formal spaces?" Cory Doctorow
Entertainment "Meru," a new film on the quest to scale an "unclimbable" mountain in India Mark Frauenfelder
books Jack Vance's classic Moon Moth short story retold as a terrific graphic novel Mark Frauenfelder