Tag Archives: Harper’s Weekly Review

Bad sex award has been canceled due to COVID

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: An annual award for the worst depiction of sex in literary fiction was canceled. “The public had been subjected to too many bad things this year to justify exposing it to bad sex as well,” said … Continue reading →

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For those who voted for Trump because of Israel…

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Haim Eshed, the former head of security for Israel’s space security, claimed that the U.S. government had signed a treaty with a “galactic federation” of aliens in a subterranean Martian base. “The Unidentified Flying Objects have … Continue reading →

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A different view of narcissism (a lot of people won’t like this)

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: A new study linked mindfulness and meditation practices to narcissism and “spiritual superiority,” a psychological construct measured by prompts such as “the world would be a better place if others too had the insights that I … Continue reading →

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