Friday, December 30, 2016
Best Reads 2016
While you were reading books this year, I was perusing periodicals. The Trey-Bren-Ellis Award Winners list for best articles in 2016 is really long, I would blame Donald Trump for that.
A Dose Of Reality:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08/12/on-looking-eleven-walks-with-expert-eyes/
El Chapo Is A Bad Guy, But Really Entertaining:
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a46918/heroin-mexico-el-chapo-cartels-don-winslow/
Your Kid Is Screwed If They Go To Harvard:
https://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#.V87gEk0rK73
Your Mom And Me Suck At Giving Advice:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3063162/hit-the-ground-running/you-should-probably-ignore-you-friends-and-familys-career-advice
Best Story About A Rabbi That Will Change Your Life:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/a-rabbis-enduring-sermon-on-living-your-last-five-minutes.html?_r=0&mtrref=www.facebook.com&gwh=22F0DC1C5F0324DE4143B21F73ACF83F&gwt=pay
People Who Write About Sports Really Freakin' Like Marriotts
http://www.vocativ.com/356376/sportswriters-love-marriotts-more-than-you-love-anything/
If You've Ever Driven From LA To Vegas:
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=kcet
You Will Never Be Able To Eat Here:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/29/damon-baehrel-the-most-exclusive-restaurant-in-america
If You Read This and Don't Cry -- You Suck:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2016/08/29/retire/qVU7HV3vbnS65kjqbeZwgI/story.html
Words On The Warriors:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/sports/basketball/steve-kerr-golden-state-warriors.html?_r=1
https://theringer.com/welcome-to-warriors-world-594372288358#.n44gxfox0
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/magazine/what-happened-when-venture-capitalists-took-over-the-golden-state-warriors.html?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&_r=0
Trumpmania:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/18/none-of-the-old-rules-apply-dave-eggers-travels-through-post-election-america
http://www.laweekly.com/music/henry-rollins-trumps-win-has-shredded-the-veil-of-civility-and-maybe-its-about-time-7593045
Best Stories About Someone Who Died:
http://www.gq.com/story/prince-stories
Best Story On Bottled Water:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/06/liquid-assets-how--business-bottled-water-went-mad
The Only Olympic Story You Should Read:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-incredible-story-behind-cody-millers-rise-to-olympic-fame-021205847.html
Christian People Aren't As Silly As I Think They Are:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2016/november/cohousing-new-american-family.html
http://myocn.net/rowan-williams-promoting-jesus-prayer-answer-modern-angst/
http://johnpavlovitz.com/2016/05/26/dear-offended-christian-from-a-very-tired-christian/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=John+Pavlovitz&utm_content=Dear+Offended+Christian%2C+From+a+Very+Tired+Christian
Jim Harbaugh Is Aweeeeeeeesome:
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18114581/michigan-wolverines-coach-jim-harbaugh-friends-include-judge-judy-michael-jordan
If You Want To Be Sad:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/11/19/a-texas-doctor-seeks-closure-for-migrants-who-die-crossing-the-border-from-mexico/?tid=sm_tw
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/venezuela-a-failing-state
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21707214-all-over-world-people-escape-poverty-moving-cities-why-does-not?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fpe%2Fed%2Fleftbehind
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/11/i-had-to-wear-pampers-many-poultry-industry-workers-allegedly-cant-even-take-bathroom-breaks/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.dfbf86ae4226
A Coach With No Arms And Legs:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/18/coach-1120/
Best Brooks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/opinion/the-conservative-intellectual-crisis.html?_r=1
Brain Farts:
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/theres-a-term-for-thinking-of-a-comeback-too-late/72624
Small Talk Sucks:
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/banning-small-talk
Vinnie:
http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/05/10/vin-scully-dodgers-tom-verducci-profile
Taco Bell:
https://www.kcet.org/food-living/transforming-the-taco-the-origins-of-taco-bell
Tupac Is Still Dead:
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a48539/tupac-shakur-death-gobi-rahimi/
Mandatory Bacon Story:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-bacon-package-product-design/
911 Still Relevant:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/were-the-only-plane-in-the-sky-214230
Cars 4 Kids Sucks:
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Kars4Kids-charity-jingle-most-annoying-song-ever-9205900.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop
How Do Mathematicians Cut Cake:
https://priceonomics.com/how-do-mathematicians-cut-cake/
For My Burners out there:
https://www.ft.com/content/812d8a10-653c-11e6-a08a-c7ac04ef00aa
Eating Apples?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/19/the-apple-industrys-strange-savior/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.be8477538988
Walk This Way:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/walk-this-way/
Luck:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/why-luck-matters-more-than-you-might-think/476394/
http://nymag.stfi.re/scienceofus/2016/05/why-americans-ignore-the-role-of-luck-in-everything.html?sf=roxlvod&utm_content=buffer4639a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#aa
For Whittier Only:
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/10-signs-you-grew-up-in-between-la-and-oc-6924997
Peeps Run in San Quetin
http://www.gq.com/story/san-quentin-marathon
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