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Kerry Howley is a senior editor of Reason Magazine.

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It IS a Competition, Yoginis!

Yoga is a meditative practice sometimes thought to help liberate the soul from all worldly suffering. The Olympics are a tribalistic sporting event in which nation states battle to produce impressive feats of human athleticism. Bikram Choudhury—a man ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Double X,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Bikram Choudhury,  Rolex,  Reason Magazine,  University of Iowa

Would You Take a Pill That Prevents Cancer? Unlikely.

Gina Kolata points out, once again, that diet and exercise have not been shown to affect breast cancer rates. Massive, well-run observational studies and randomized controlled trials turn up nothing. This finding appears to be unacceptable; popular ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Slate,  13 Nov 2009

Would You Take a Pill That Prevents Cancer? Probably Not.

Gina Kolata points out, once again, that diet and exercise have not been shown to affect breast cancer rates. Massive, well-run observational studies and randomized controlled trials turn up nothing. This finding appears to be unacceptable; popular ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Double X,  13 Nov 2009

Is Spanish Sexist?

Nobody cops to “political correctness” anymore; policing language is what the other guy does. The rest of us are just, you know, telling it like it is. But playing PC-policeman officer is a relatively peaceful and noninvasive way to nudge the culture ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Double X,  10 Nov 2009

Is the Spanish Language Sexist?

Nobody cops to “political correctness” anymore; policing language is what the other guy does. The rest of us are just, you know, telling it like it is. But playing PC-policeman officer is a relatively peaceful and noninvasive way to nudge the culture ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Slate,  10 Nov 2009

The Coming Cute-ocalypse

Like Lauren, I enjoyed Jim Windolf's insightful attack on cute culture, but I find the otters-holding-hands/Iraq War connection to be a bit of a stretch. Windolf suggests that we're asking for forgiveness through penitential offerings of cuteness, but ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Double X,  5 Nov 2009

The Cute-ocalypse is Coming

Like Lauren, I enjoyed Jim Windolf's insightful attack on cute culture, but I find the otters-holding-hands/Iraq War connection to be a bit of a stretch. Windolf suggests that we're asking for forgiveness through penitential offerings of cuteness, but ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Slate,  5 Nov 2009

Pagans Were the Real Winners in Last Night's Election

Dan Halloran is the next City Council Representative for New York’s 19th district. He is a Republican. Also, he is the "First Atheling," or prince, among members of a local pagan group that worships Norse gods. "It is our hope," he ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Slate,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Last Night's Real Winners: Pagans

Maine's vote against same-sex marriage just fits the trend. Is text messaging really destroying modern romance? What's the real definition of "douchebag"? Imagining the past year had Clinton clinched it in November. The holes in the celebrated pro-life ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Double X,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  Planned Parenthood,  Louisa May Alcott

GPS Is Destroying Your Brain

I have been stuck on a country road twice in my life—once in mud, once in snow. Both times were in the same Honda Civic, with the same fiancé at the wheel, on the same patch of the same road. This road is in Iowa. There is a sign before it that reads ...

From KERRY HOWLEY, Double X,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Honda

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