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Meet The World Palindrome Champion: Mark Saltveit

Eat poop tea. When he was a kid, Mark Saltveit would sit in the car with his two young brothers, bored silly during 500-mile drives on family trips. Eventually he and his siblings turned to palindromes to pass the time. They had learned about these delightful strings of wordplay in school, a row of letters

Military Widows Lose Their Benefits for Remarrying Before 55

Days after I buried my husband, a veteran of the Iraq War, I sat on the floor of my living room with a gray-haired volunteer whod driven more than 70 miles to help me apply for surviving-spouse benefits. I was 24 years old. My husband, 25, had overdosed on the Fentanyl he was prescribed and

Music: Jitterbugs in Jersey | TIME

TIME March 6, 1939 12:00 AM GMT-5 Last week Newark, N.J. was the field of the jitterbugs equivalent to ordeal by battle. Benny Goodman, who for four years has reigned in adolescent hearts as the King of Swing, was playing on the stage at the Shubert Theatre. Within shagging distance, at the neighboring Paramount, was

NFL: New York Jets Take Own Toilet Paper to U.K.

Transporting the New York Jets across the Atlantic for their match against the Miami Dolphins at Londons Wembley Stadium on Sunday was clearly an enormous feat of meticulous planning and logistical precision.

Nikki Haley Has a Path to the White House

Nikki Haley was in Iowa over a week ago for the launch of her Women for Nikki campaign. I always find it amusing when candidates hold events at the aptly named Temple of Performing Arts in Des Moines, but Haleys performance was among the best political performances Ive ever seen at the venueand Ive seen