Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/14 10:08AM

The trend of Wall Street banks coddling their disgustingly weak employees continues: Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said that the death of one young banker last year after round-the-clock work "has caused everyone to step back and say, 'Hey, have we got this right?'"

I Feel Sorry For Monica Lewinsky

Michelle Dean · 05/09/14 09:35AM

I feel sorry for Monica Lewinsky. I am not sure why it is apparently so difficult for people to simply say that, even now.

$35 Billion Merger Fails Because Everyone in Charge Is a Baby

Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/14 09:07AM

Last summer, two enormous advertising companies, Omnicom and Publicis, announced that they'd be merging to form the world's most enormous advertising company. Yesterday, they announced the deal is off. Why? Because these companies are essentially kindergarteners.

Burgers For Breakfast, Because Nothing Really Matters

Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/14 08:15AM

Burger King today announced that it will serve its burgers for breakfast now, as part of their new corporate philosophy, "Why try harder than absolutely necessary when the American people want nothing more than to eat themselves into oblivion to erase the pain of being locked into this zombie-like existence?"

Jacob Clifton · 05/08/14 07:52PM

Tonight's the night for nigh-excruciating comedy here at Morning After: Join us as we flip back and forth between NBC's inaugural presentation of the American Comedy Awards at 9/8c and a night of awkward premieres on IFC: Comedy Bang! Bang! at 10/9c. and Maron's visit to The Talking Dead at 10:30/9:30c.

Beyoncé Is a "Terrorist," According to bell hooks

Rich Juzwiak · 05/08/14 07:19PM

Influential writer/intellectual bell hooks boldly stared down the easily agitated Beyhive this week when she labeled Beyoncé a "terrorist" during a panel discussion titled "Are You Still a Slave?" at New York's New School.

Tom Scocca · 05/08/14 04:20PM

The New York Public Library has abandoned its plan to hollow out its central building and eliminate its research stacks. It was undone by critical and public opposition, and possibly by the fact that the whole scheme—for which Sir Norman Foster took home $7.9 million regardless—was structurally unfeasible.

Rich Juzwiak · 05/08/14 04:09PM

"I get more hate, honestly, about dressing androgynously than about being gay. It blows my mind." - Ellen Page