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Iran's Persecuted Kurds Didn't Vote for Their New President
The late Sheikh Ezzedin Hosseini (far left) and Abdullah Mohtadi (far right ) with other Komala party members, circa 1980. Hosseini, a spiritual leader in Mahabad, was a principle Kurdish negotiator...
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This Week in Racism: A Pork-Laced Bullet Designed to Kill Muslims
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. With the assistance of my friends at the @YesYoureRacist Twitter account, I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of 1 to RACIST, with “1” being the...
View Article'Idiots Fighting Things' Is a Triumphant Commentary on the Human Condition
'Idiots Fighting Things' Is a Triumphant Commentary on the Human Condition
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'OMNI' Magazine Will Rise Again
"Have you ever looked up at the sky on a clear, star-filled night and wondered at the awesome magnitude of the universe… and asked yourself: who and what am I; where do I come from and where am I...
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VICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'The Bowler'
I’ve been bowling since I was a kid. But the idea of a professional bowler always seemed ridiculous to me. You roll the ball down the lane and knock some pins over. How could anyone get paid for that?...
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The Good News About Boston's Horrible Week in Sports
Photo by Keith Allison, via Flickr If you are a die-hard Boston sports fan, chances are you're relieved this week is over. The cavalcade of bad news might finally end. The heartbreak started on Sunday...
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Searching for Forrest Fenn's Gold
In 2010, cancer-stricken millionaire Forrest Fenn buried a chest containing three million dollars worth of treasure somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe. Clues to the chest’s whereabouts, the...
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Riding the Bitcoin Bubble in Panama
A photo from the author’s Bitcoin-funded trip to Bocas del Toro. In March I flew from San Francisco to Panama City with less than $200 in my bank account. I wasn’t worried about my lack of funds. A...
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Reality TV and the Selling of Love
Photo via Flickr user Marco Bellucci Mistakes and embarrassment are the raison d’être of most reality programs. We watch these shows to see someone’s sense of self unravel in HD until they’re hunched...
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Encounters with Cops in New York City
Photo by C_Pichler, via Flickr. I only had to walk one avenue, but in New York City one avenue block can feel like a very long distance. It was a little after one in the morning and I’d just done a...
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I Wore Vaseline on My Face Because Tyra Banks Told Me To
Image by Chris Johns. The Tyra Banks Show was a photocopy of a photocopy of Oprah that was xeroxed on a copy machine smeared by years of butt cheek scans. From 2005 to 2010, Tyra used her talk show as...
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Pen Pals: Piss Testing Is a Failure
Photo via Flickr user Micah Baldwin I’m ashamed of the fact that I’ve stuck my dick in a piss cup hundreds of times. I get tested for every drug under the sun, including alcohol, and foolishly, I...
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Weediquette: My Dad Is Not Down
Abraham and Isaac: Church of Narga Selassie, Dek Island, Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Late 18th century, photo via Despite the fact that they grew up in a country where marijuana grows rampantly, my parents...
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Maybe I’m a Chubby Chaser
Photo by Justin Baeder, via Flickr. Occasionally, I sleep with this one really skinny dude and after we do it, I get these bruises on my inner thighs from where his bony hips slammed into me. I kind...
View ArticleEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gold
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gold
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I Went to a Sound Bath (and It Was Totally Lame)
I don’t identify myself as a “bohemian type,” that dirty word denoting free-flowing ideals with the world’s most regimented eating plans. While I respect vegabs, I do not sympathize with them. I look...
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Case Study 2: Recognition of the Self
Illustrations by Klone Yourself REFERRAL AND INITIAL PRESENTATION Christopher [surname unknown] Born 02.22.2004 When Christopher arrived for his first assessment he was not like a normal...
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Hanging with Morsi Supporters at a Muslim Brotherhood Rally in Cairo
Pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo yesterday. Photos courtesy of Tom Dale and Max Siegelbaum. Yesterday, Egypt saw the culmination of the Tamarod Campaign, a massive petition calling for the impeachment of...
View ArticleObama's Favorite General Is the Target of a White House Leak Investigation
Obama's Favorite General Is the Target of a White House Leak Investigation
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