From its inception, Dubai has been the vision of an elite and powerful group that wanted to build a worldwide tourist hub in the middle of a desert. And to do it, they needed money. Those who borrowed, and lent, that now-notorious $80 billion to build this display of nature-thwarting extravagance must have (or should have) known that the entire project was, at its core, a huge gamble.

Melissa Lafsky is a friend of mine, but she’s always seemed strange to me for one reason: She loves horror movies. Loves them. Thrillers, slashers, creature features — she’s seen all of them, probably a bunch of times, and certainly without her eyes covered. I, by contrast, mute the sound when some stupid slasher commercial [...]

Here’s what Megan Fox said: “Men are scared of vaginas. And then when you give them a powerful, confident vagina, they’re terrified.” Here’s what we learned: That can translate into a stylish t-shirt!

Just how effective is the right wing media at hijacking a topic, blasting controversial sound bites, and stirring widespread outrage, all without a shred of context, debate, or discussion of salient issues? Incredibly, as I found out the hard way.