This is Emotional Investment, Joel Anderson’s column about money and how we think about it. “I’ve crushed it,” he said, particularly proud of his strategy to keep live-betting on the Kansas City Chiefs even as they trailed early in the game en route to a 25–22 win. “I’m not even sure I came to the casino to win,” Laymon wrote …
LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge sentenced two more high-ranking Proud Boys to prison on Friday over the far-right street gang’s outsize role in the planning and execution of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “It’s not something I ever would have dreamed I would see in our country.” Despite his ostensible remorse, as Pezzola was …
Amitava Kumar straddles multiple roles—of a teacher, writer and artist—with effortless ease. Currently the Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College, the acclaimed author of several books of fiction and non-fiction lives in Poughkeepsie, in upstate New York, with his family. Another coffee mug with a quote from my friend Cheryl Strayed. Amitava Kumar's creative corner, where he …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Rapper, actor and now ― dressage commentator? Snoop Dogg’s analysis of the equestrian event at the Tokyo Olympics had people on Twitter in stitches. “This horse is off the chain,” the rap star declared to actor Kevin Hart during their highlights show for NBC’s streaming service Peacock last week. “Motherfucker was off the chain.” Watch the clip …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Shaquille O’Neal brought a sense of levity to an otherwise poignant speech at Monday’s memorial ceremony honoring Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant. But, make no mistake, even when the folks thought we were on bad terms, when the cameras were turned off, he and I would throw a wink at each …