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From old-school nightclub veterans to alt-comedy legends, Patton Oswalt to Pryor, our picks for the greatest to ever grab a mic… Cavemen whacked one another in the nuts for cheap yuks, and Medieval fools jabbered in a flop sweat to keep from being beheaded...

It’s been one of those fire and ice days. The sun’s been up. Now it’s going down. Call the finished work ‘Sunfall,’ a dark yellow sky spread uniformly across the canvas. Already the bushes nearby the front porch appear as...

“PLEASE, WRITE A GOOD PROPAGANDA PIECE on the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea,” Kim, one of my two minders, pleads with me (i.e., strongly recommends) when we separate at Pyongyang airport after a week together. Having spent his entire life saturated...

Benjamin, A.H. “Oh, No,” Said Elephant. illus. by Alireza Goldouzian. 48p. Minedition. May 2016. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9789888341078. PreS-Gr 2 –Elephant, Leopard, Zebra, and Monkey are playing. Though Elephant always wants to join in and tries his best,...

Walker’s six values for disrupting health and beauty: "Courage, inspiration, respect, judgment, wellness and loyalty." On a recent episode of Recode Decode, Walker & Company Brands CEO Tristan Walker spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher about why tech...