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Where Do You Go to Get Angry?

Richard Lawson · 07/14/10 11:32AM

After reading the news that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are getting back together to live in wedded conservative bliss, I immediately went to FoxNews.com to read the joyful comments and get angry. Why do I do this to myself?

Let's Put Jake & Vienna In Jail and Never Let Them Out

Richard Lawson · 07/06/10 01:29PM

Did you watch the big Bachelor blowdown that aired during the The Bachelorette last night? Bitter exes Jake Pavelka and Vienna Sausages sat on a Loveseat of Awkwardness and dished about their nasty breakup. It was horrible.

Who Hates Mimi Gurbst?

Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/10 01:03PM

Last week, Felix Gillette wrote an innocent story about Mimi Gurbst, a senior producer at ABC World News, retiring to become a high school guidance counselor. Soon, the story's comment section became a message board for vicious anti-Gurbst vitriol. Why?

Panic Is Perfectly Rational

Hamilton Nolan · 05/11/10 11:06AM

Walking away from your hopelessly underwater mortgage: everyone's doing it! But a new study says that these "strategic" defaults ("strategic"= commonsensical) are driven by anger and fear, not rational calculation. Well. There are plenty of reasons to be angry.

Scorned Shoeshiner Busted for Arson

Jeff Neumann · 04/15/10 04:32AM

When 72-year-old John Swain was kicked off the Bryant Park shoeshine stand, he decided to take matters into his own hands. So he torched it. Twice. The man who fired Swain said "he seemed like a level-headed guy." [NYP, pic]

Keep Calm and Carry On (or Die)

Hamilton Nolan · 03/09/10 11:48AM

Want to live a long, healthy life? Listen to science! Get off your ass, stop being sexually abused, and never get angry, or have a headache, or—worst of all—have an angry abusive headache. We're watching science, calmly!

Religion Writer: 'F—k Off'

Hamilton Nolan · 01/25/10 01:49PM

In your soaking Monday media column: a religion writer does god's work against crappy press releases, a public Chicago media sobriety fight, McClatchy just misses being car bombed, and the first wearable magazine, allegedly.

Punch Jerks at Work, Urge Scientists

Hamilton Nolan · 12/01/09 02:14PM

Have you ever gotten so mad at your god damn boss you just wanted to scream your guts out in his ugly face until one or the other of you threw up, from anger? Go for it, say scientists!