Mike Kelley died of an apparent suicide in his bathtub a few days ago in Southern California. He was perhaps the most influential artist to emerge in ...
Melanie Notkin | Posted 11.05.2011
I live in a world of Schadenfreud, New York City, where a woman over 40 is often single and childless, as well as powerful, beautiful, and fit -- and where she is picked on by the newspaper she wakes up to every morning.
Posted 10.26.2011
Drunk Cubs fan Colleen Henneman is not looking forward to this weekend. Even though the weather is expected to be pleasant, things are quiet in Wrigle...
Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.20.2011
A schadenfreude moment isn't shared with others. No, it's a moment of silent glee. We all do it; we just don't talk about it. Dark chocolate never tasted so good.
Carine Fabius | Posted 08.17.2011
What is it about train wrecks? Why can't otherwise decent people look away from mayhem, blood, end-of-life scenarios and the personal tragedies of fellow human beings?
Robert E. Murphy | Posted 08.15.2011
The trendy word that I've noticed most lately is "metaphor." This used to be confined mainly to academia, but in the past few years it has broken out like a rash among the general population. I am curious about how such trends get started.
Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011
It's fair to say that Red Sox and Yankees fans dislike each other as much as fans of any two teams playing today. Which makes those fans an obvious choice for studying rivalry and aggression.
Posted 05.25.2011
Some people see snow in the forecast and they get excited, eagerly awaiting all the snowball fights and romantic winter strolls that are in their imme...
Kathy Kastan | Posted 11.17.2011
Nietzsche and Kierkegaard described herd mentality as people acting at the same time in the same way with no thought of consequences or a sense of responsibility for their actions.
Anne Vitiello | Posted 05.25.2011
According to Scientific American, the experience of Schadenfreude activates the same pleasure center of the brain as does a good meal.
Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011
It seems as if every time we turn on the television, open a newspaper, or go on line, the bad guys are winning. Television shows are a projection of anxiety and discontent that many in America experience.
Mike Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011
I like seeing people fucked up, but I also like knowing they'll get better. There's nothing like a hobo story with a happy ending.
Alan Elsner | Posted 05.25.2011
Why do we remember such disasters decades later? Is it schadenfreude, our fascination and guilty pleasure at the pain of others?
Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011
Have no doubt, I love bad movies. I still have fond memories of the first time I stumbled onto Robot Monster, back in the days when local broadcast te...
Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011
Hardly a day goes by when we don't read or hear about how our state's budget is down the toilet (it is!); or that the City of Los Angeles is so broke, it can't even afford a toilet (it can't).
Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011
Us Weekly has profited enormously from the Gosselins' marriage failing -- producing six consecutive covers this summer featuring either Jon or Kate -- and they're not quite done feasting off that carcass' bones.
Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011
Schadenfreude, sketch-comedy legends in Chicago, recently appeared on "The Interview Show." Below is an excerpt and a clip from a sketch they did with the rapper Rhymefest.
Kate Clinton | Posted 05.25.2011
With Obama's Inauguration, help may be near, but remedy is far. Church and state are one. Democracy is capitalism. War is peace. Memory is shredder. Our national glands are fatigued from the shock of the Bush Doctrine.
Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011
Recent weeks have seen a spate of suicides by some of the most financially powerful people in the world. German billionaire industrialist Adolf Merckl...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say he took billions from investors, and now someone has taken a statue from him. Palm Beach police are investig...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
Scroll down for video NEW YORK — Disgraced investor Bernard Madoff made an appearance at the federal courthouse in Manhattan to complete paperw...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Looks like the Razzies are confident in their prophesy that "Valkyrie" will land in their next derby, which commences on Jan. 21 when noms are unveile...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?
New York Post | KRISTINA COOKE, CHELSEA EMERY | Posted 05.25.2011
From Wednesday's New York Post, with the oh-so-packed headline "Execs Bear-ly $urviving": Less than 48 hours after news broke that Bear Stearns & Co....
Posted 02.02.2012