Monthly Archives: September 2014

A few years ago, when I was rushing my daughter to pre-school one morning, a similarly tardy and exasperated-looking mom passed us on the stairs. My daughter took this as an opportunity to announce, “I have two moms.” The exasperated … Continue reading →

At the University of Virginia, engineers are printing airplanes. Three-dimensional printing is the production, or “printing,” of actual objects, such as toys or parts for devices, by using a machine that traces out layers of melted plastic in specific shapes … Continue reading →

Whether to recline or not. That is the question now being hotly debated among air travelers after three flights were forced to land when passengers on board began fighting about reclining seats. But are passengers really the problem? The real … Continue reading →

The world, it seems, has gotten in the way of Senator Rand Paul’s worldview. Paul is slated to deliver a “big speech” on foreign policy in mid-October at the National Defense University. Unusually for the media-hungry Kentucky Republican, however, the … Continue reading →

Bill Maher has run out of fucks to give. The battle-tested 58-year-old comedian doesn’t care about the opinion pieces that float about in the wake of, say, a controversial joke about domestic violence or his condensed thoughts about Islam in … Continue reading →

David Benjamin, architect, designer and founder of The Living. Photo: David Yellen Software companies don’t usually go around buying architecture and design firms, but The Living isn’t your typical beards-and-Blue-Bottle band of architects. The 7-person shop in the Brooklyn Navy … Continue reading →