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Joshua David Stein

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

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Own It

Meet Britain’s Banksy of Punctuation

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

articles/2017/04/03/did-insane-clown-posse-plagiarize-this-poet-s-work/170402-stein-insane-clown-posse-poetry-tease_zx1k3r
CLOWNING

Did Insane Clown Posse Rip Off A Poet?

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

articles/2017/03/25/hollywood-has-no-new-ideas-and-that-s-ok/170326-stein-sequels-tease_qsc0xz
Déjà Vu Again?

Hollywood Has No New Ideas and That’s OK

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

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TOYS ARE US

'Girl' Toys Take On the Patriarchy

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

Joshua David Stein

articles/2017/03/05/farewell-to-ringling-s-sad-spectacle/170302-stein-ringling-bros-tease_dyqkt7
RIP


Farewell to Ringling's Sad Spectacle


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

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Wise Counsel

Is This the Best Sex Ed Book Ever?

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

articles/2017/02/18/arianna-huffington-is-sleeping-through-trump-s-nightmare/170217-stein-huffington-tease_ybi8sf
Opinion

Arianna Naps Through Trump’s Nightmare

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

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AROUND AND AROUND

Can We Really Call Motorsport a Sport?

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

articles/2017/01/28/chuck-yeager-s-right-stuff-is-wrong-for-trump/170128-Stein-chuck-Yeager-tease_vop4on
We Have a Problem

Chuck Yeager: The Last Man Standing

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

articles/2017/01/07/the-caddyshack-yacht-is-up-for-grabs/170107-Stein-Caddyshack-boat-tease_i10uss
Show Boat


The Hunt for Missing 'Caddyshack' Yacht

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

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