Earlier this summer an unreleased book sold 50,000 copies which vaulted it to number 1 on bestseller lists. Before it could even be sold. It’s called Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach and is a children’s book for adults (there are no asterisks inside). The book started...
I was shocked this evening to discover the news all over twitter of Jack Layton’s death early this morning. On Saturday Jack wrote a letter to Canadians and today it was posted on the NDPs site. It is a very emotional read especially considering his end was so near....
Thanks to our families, friends, readers from near and far. It is the Detroit Street Press’ FIRST birthday. It was one year ago today DSP contributor Beth Morrisy made her first entry (and the first real entry of the website). As of today, here are some interesting facts about...
It seems to be that time of year again – there’s a slight chill in the evening air, some trees are beginning to change colour and student groups are starting to whine and complain again about the costs of tuition and student loans. Recently, the Royal Bank of Canada...
Question: What do you do when a whole segment of society is so pissed off that the only way they feel they can express themselves is to smash sh*t? Answer: Throw them in jail! Every last one of those motherf*ckers! Don’t stop until every poor young man who had...
China is in really big trouble. Trouble is a brewing in the middle kingdom, and for some reason not a lot of people want to talk about why. I actually spoke to someone not too long ago who said ‘Pretty soon, China is going to own us all’. I’ve...
Okay, DSP here is a topic that gets some heated debates when I bring it up at a “cocktail” party. I have found it very hard to find anyone that agrees with me. DISCLAIMER: In theory, to me, holds true but, in practice I would not do it. Is...
Apparently you shouldn’t believe everything to see. Last month, L’Oreal – the parent company of Lancôme and Maybelline – was forced to pull two of its magazine ads, as per the ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK (full story in The Guardian UK). An advertisement...
I’ve been away and I’ve been wanting to write about summer, my summer now vs. summers of the past. First though, I want to share what summer means growing up in Chicago. In many neighborhoods of Chicago summer means an increase in violence. Heat+ more people outside=increased chance that...
