Very High Man Understandably Confuses Car for Alien Spaceship

Adam Weinstein · 06/20/14 01:05PM

James Bushart, 44, of Arkansas, is apparently familiar with meth, but has never seen a Plymouth Prowler before. He was arrested this week for DWI and drugs after cops say he menaced a couple in the car—which he thought was a spaceship—and told them to take it back to their alien planet.

Allie Jones · 06/20/14 12:45PM

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his troops Friday to cease fire for one week in an attempt to end the ongoing conflict between his government in Kiev and pro-Russian rebels in the country's east. Over 350 people have been killed in the fighting since May.

Is It Bad to "Play the Blame Game" on Iraq?

Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/14 11:58AM

After breaking Iraq, America is now faced with the question of whether we bought it. As Iraq slides further into chaos, complex choices must be weighed. Does that mean that it's time to stop "the blame game" over how we got here?

Adam Weinstein · 06/20/14 11:15AM

It Turns Out That Being a "Digital Bestseller" Completely Sucks

Michelle Dean · 06/20/14 11:00AM

Imagine that you once wrote long, researched literary nonfiction on serious subjects. Let's also say that your career stretched into our current era, where people would much rather look at celebrity Instagram images than read words. Wouldn't you be ready to accept some snake oil if it meant you could keep making a living at it?

The Best Restaurant in New York Is: The Bronx Zoo

Caity Weaver · 06/20/14 10:35AM

Caity: The number one rule of the Bronx Zoo is that you must refer to all the animals you see there as being "from the block." Zebra from the block. Field mouse from the block.

Wicked Birth Mother Kate Gosselin Won't Let Her Children Win at Games

Rich Juzwiak · 06/20/14 09:20AM

Kate Gosselin is the caretaker of eight children of her body's own wondrous making, but more than that, she is the adversary of eight children. This much was clear when she and her two oldest daughters, Mady and Cara, sparred on live television earlier this year, and when she ominously offered "one last redemption" to Mady in the preview to the two-part special Kate Plus 8: The Septuplets Turn 10. That special is the first Gosselin footage to run on TLC in almost three years, since Kate Plus 8 was canceled. It aired last night, and oh my god, this woman hates her children.