Proverbial Wisdom (Defined)

“The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs” is filled with more than 1,400 proverbs, many failure- and success-related.

Proverbial Wisdom (Defined) Published compilations of proverbs have failed to keep up with the expanding repertory. Enter “The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs.” Read More

 

The Woman Who Wasn’t There

Tania Head’s remarkable 9/11 survival story was an inspiration—and pure fantasy.

The Woman Who Wasn’t There There’s a good reason Tania Head’s 9/11 survival story was frequently characterized as almost unbelievable. None of it was true. Read More

 

Glock

Glock

The rise of America’s gun.

How Glock became synonymous with the semiautomatic pistol, in the same way that “Google” is shorthand for Internet search. Read More

Don’t Put Me In, Coach

Don’t Put Me In, Coach

Mark Titus on his “incredible NCAA journey from the end of the bench to the end of the bench.”

“I didn’t dream about this,” says Mark Titus about the popular and critical acclaim for ‘Don’t Put Me In, Coach.’ “I didn’t know it was possible for a bench-warmer to write a successful book.” Read More

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This Day in Failure

May 16th

2011: In the midst of a merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines, a computer assigns flight numbers 93 and 175 to a pair of United flights, designations that had been retired after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The company later apologizes for the error, noting that the glitch occurred when two Continental...

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Does Barack Obama deserve to be re-elected?


If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then give up. There’s no use being a damn fool about it.

- W.C. Fields