lgbt Melissa McCarthy apologizes for donation to group with history of anti-LGBT Kevin Reome

News British tourist discovers exciting new way to get jailed in hellworld America: walking a dog Ellsworth Toohey

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin

Argentine tegu lizard Pork Chop, a pet lizard, is reunited with his owner after a five-day escape Jennifer Sandlin

The Office Illinois' governor gives commencement speech with 'Office' quotes, not knowing Steve Carell was in the audience Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Putin kills cows in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

los angeles LA driver's karmic crusade: one brake light rescue at a time Lee Keeler

tabloids Bill Clinton and the Queen at death's door in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

psychology Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi dies at 87 Ferdinando Buscema

Book Book "Fillmore East" reminisces about legendary lost NYC rock venue in interviews and photos Rusty Blazenhoff

writing I've been writing a book for 25 years Séamus Bellamy

Reviews Watching "Herself" while reading "Himself" Thom Dunn

mike huckabee Mike Huckabee pitches "Free Trump gift for kids" which requires agreement to automatic credit card charges Mark Frauenfelder

Technology Steve Steinberg, hacker, writer, friend (1970-2020) David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Irish repay a 170-year-old favor to Native Americans affected by COVID-19 Thom Dunn

travel My life on the road: Morocco Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants Year of the Rabbit: a graphic novel memoir of one family's life under the Khmer Rouge Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tiki bar pulls thousands of dollars from ceiling and walls, donates it Rusty Blazenhoff

Business "Christian" hospital charges its own nurse $900,000 for her premature baby Cory Doctorow

History The Tower of London's Ravenmaster wrote a great book Séamus Bellamy