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Joshua David Stein is the critic-at-large at The Daily Beast.

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Meet Britain’s Banksy of Punctuation

Own It

For years an anonymous Englishman has gone around erasing misplaced apostrophes in the signs on shops and offices and inserting them where they’re needed. Now he’s a folk hero.

Joshua David Stein | Published Apr 16, 2017

Did Insane Clown Posse Rip Off A Poet?

CLOWNING

The clown-themed horrorcore duo is being sued by a poet whose work is best known by readers of ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul.’

Joshua David Stein | Published Apr 03, 2017

Hollywood Has No New Ideas and That’s OK

Déjà Vu Again?

The plethora of movie sequels clogging the multiplex can make you feel as though your life were stuck on spin cycle. But if the movies don’t change, we do, and that’s a blessing.

Joshua David Stein | Published Mar 26, 2017

'Girl' Toys Take On the Patriarchy

TOYS ARE US

Toys used to reinforce rigid gender roles for boys and girls—now they're tearing them down.

Joshua David Stein | Published Mar 18, 2017

Farewell to Ringling's Sad Spectacle


RIP


There are a few residual thrills—who doesn’t love to see motorcyclists whizzing in a cage—but mostly the Greatest Show on Earth is anything but.

Joshua David Stein | Published Mar 05, 2017

Is This the Best Sex Ed Book Ever?

Wise Counsel

Teenagers’ ignorance and inexperience about sex is matched only by the mountains of misinformation they contend with. Lucky for them, Paul Joannides is here to help.

Joshua David Stein | Published Feb 26, 2017

Arianna Naps Through Trump’s Nightmare

Opinion

Arianna Huffington thinks we’d all be better off if we got more sleep, but her fixation on snoozing comes at precisely the wrong time. In the age of Trump, wakefulness is the key.

Joshua David Stein | Published Feb 18, 2017

Can We Really Call Motorsport a Sport?

AROUND AND AROUND

After watching the Rolex 24, um, race at Daytona International Speedway, it’s hard not to think that motorsport is less about racing and more about big egos, vanity, and loud, loud marketing.

Joshua David Stein | Published Feb 01, 2017

Chuck Yeager: The Last Man Standing

We Have a Problem

Chuck Yeager is the last of the early generation of space pioneers, a vestige of an heroic era that seems to hold little inspiration for the science-phobic Donald Trump.

Joshua David Stein | Published Jan 28, 2017

The Hunt for Missing 'Caddyshack' Yacht

Show Boat


Never mind that the boat helmed by Rodney Dangerfield makes what might politely be called a cameo appearance in the movie. It’s still got a story all its own.

Joshua David Stein | Published Jan 07, 2017

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