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Comedy is ultimately a subjective thing, Huebel says.

Huebel talks about how the group came together and where it fits.

The power of facial hair.

Whores and charity, Huebel says.

A blogger gets personal.

My Space provided Human Giant with an easy avenue for improv.

Farting cats take the cake.

Barber overcompensated for his grandmother’s bad cooking.

It’s changed how we’re consuming comedy, Huebel says.

Some teachers even come to DonorsChoose to provide these.

If you really believe teachers are pivotal, put your money where your mouth is, says Best.

Do male students need more attention?

When it comes to education, is bottom-up really the best approach? Does No Child Left Behind work?

Best thinks it is possible to break a vicious cycle that doesn’t value education.

A wide variety of students.

If you don’t have a child in the system, why should you care?

Best hopes DonorsChoose will nudge the public school system to action.

Connecting classrooms in need to people who want to give.

The difference of the urban classroom.

Think of them as junior parents, Best says.

It all started in kindergarten, Best says.

From an essay on bird watching.

Like James Frey, Jonathan Franzen had a colorful public controversy with Oprah and her book club. Given the chance to do it over, would the author of The Corrections handled […]

Endless stuff of comedy.

Franzen discusses fiction, non-fiction and the need to draw the distinction.

Jonathan Franzen on his book, Imperial Bedroom.

The importance of tone.

What’s all the fuss about?

Jane Smiley’s “Greenlanders,” among others.

Franzen’s literary touchstones, decades in, decades out.