Los Angeles comic and humor columnist Alan Olifson reads an essay on the dangers of enjoying irony.
Los Angeles comic and humor columnist Alan Olifson reads an essay on the dangers of enjoying irony.
American writer Amanda Henry is married to a Frenchman. She provides a commentary on how differently they perceive things due to their national origins.
Now that gay marriage is (mostly) legal and gay characters are on television, does that mean that gay people have to be "good" all the time? John Waters sure hopes not.
Anousheh Ansari became the first Muslim woman to venture into space when she traveled aboard the International Space Station.
Adam Mansbach is a white boy from an affluent Boston suburb who’s devoted himself to hip hop culture.
Somalia didn’t have a written language until the 1970's, and today, many if not most Somalis still live within an oral tradition. And in that tradition the poet is king.
Playwright and actress Anna Deveare Smith tells Steve Paulson about her book “Talk To Me: Listening Between the Lines.” Smith did over 400 interviews with Washington residents, including President Clinton.