Josh Androsky
California Has Its Own Version of Stand Your Ground
A California activist named Tiffany Hobbs is trying to educate and channel the anger about Trayvon Martin's death into action and is working to amend two state laws, the Provocative Act Murder Doctrine and the Castle Doctrine, which allow for the sort...
Scenes from the Pro-Choice Chaos at the Texas Capitol
A massive crowd gathered at the Texas Capitol to protest an antiabortion bill and cheer on State Senator Wendy Davis's epic filibuster. We spoke to one of the protesters about the surreal scene and the late-night confusion.
Let's Just Allow the Tea Party to Take Over America
Nothing has worked so far to rid our country of this debilitating governmental virus. All attempts to work with them have failed, and bull-rushing them out of the way has proved futile as well. This has lead me to one last ditch effort. Let them have...
My Dead Grandparents Make My Mom Win Big in Vegas
Two years ago my mother's mother, my baubie, suddenly passed away—and ever since, my mom’s been unstoppable at gambling. I’m a staunch atheist, and yet I'm pretty sure my dead grandparents have given my mom the power to win big in Vegas.
Children's Go-Kart Racing Is Decadent and Depraved
The Malibu Grand Prix is where weekend dads take their biological sons to kill just enough time to reassure themselves that they still have a say in their child’s development. However, each dead-eyed soul in that cavern knew no amount of air hockey...
I Did Karaoke with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
In LA, you get used to random celebrity sightings, but not when a celebrity you actually respect chooses to dabble in your own personal hobby. Naturally, the star of 'Looper' and 'The Dark Knight Rises' is going to be great at karaoke.
How to Date in Vietnam
I've always considered myself as something more than the typical American tourist, that I bucked the stereotypes and was a true "citizen of the world." But here was clear proof that I was a presumptuous moron. Love is messy when you're a visitor in...
I Stayed up All Night Watching Coverage of the Boston Bomber Manhunt
I was met with a flurry of false reports. Some were just dropped without mention: the suspects jacked a police SUV, possibly another car, and blew something up at Harvard. Other persisted. Was the bomber an Indian-American student who'd gone missing...
My Lunch with One of the World's Top Human Rights Violators
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is a puppet of the Putin regime, notorious war criminal and brutal dictator that has been implicated in countless acts of violence against his people. Who better to dine with than such a distinguished lunatic?