Oscar Rickett
Our Cities Are Killing Us
By 2030, six out of every ten people will live in a city. By 2050, this proportion will increase to seven out of ten people. And cramming humans—with all of their waste, cars, and other stuff that pollutes and destroys the environment—together into...
We Asked a Military Expert if All the World's Armies Could Shut Down the US
The government shutdown might throw the world into a "deep, dark recession." Didn’t the planet just come out of one of those? Maybe it's time the rest of the world said enough is enough. It’s time for the rest of the world to get a great big army...
Daniel Day-Lewis Isn't the Greatest Actor of All Time
Last night, Daniel Day-Lewis won an unprecedented third Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of great emancipator Abe Lincoln in the Steven Spielberg film named after America's 16th president. No other man has won three Best Actor awards...