Resumé Lines We’ll Never See

We wondered what would happen if a dash of honesty were accidentally spilled on that most tortured and obfuscatory piece of writing: the resumé.

Correctives

New Debate Format Can Accommodate Unlimited Republican Candidates for President

We at Stoneslide have devised a program that can accommodate all Republican candidates—without causing widespread nausea among American voters—and is sure to help viewers quickly evaluate which of these men (and one woman!) is the truest Republican.

Stoneslide Books

The Stoneslide Corrective No. 1

Our first print edition, The Stoneslide Corrective No. 1, is a reading experience that can make your head spin, being constituted of fiction that’s more solid than reality, humor masquerading as somber reflection, and truth lazing about gussied up like a dandy. It includes the work of great writers and visual artists.

Stoneslide Books

Gracious Living Without Servants

Juliet has done the right thing all her life, and where’s it gotten her? She needs to try the wrong thing for once.

Stoneslide Books

Shock to Equilibrium

Can a hedge fund manager outwit a deadly terrorist?

A Life Examined

Advantages Poets Have over Dominatrices

•When a poet does the job well she can initiate real dialogue, rather than hearing “Yes, mistress,” all day.

•When people tell poets they love their work it comes from the heart instead of a place of fetishistic worship—provided the people aren’t networking.

•Although at $2,000 an hour dominatrices make tons more money than poets, poets suffer fewer repetitive motion injuries.

A Life Examined

America’s Heroes All Start with an Idea and a Good Pitch

Hi! Thanks so much. I’m really excited about this.

I’m Brandon James from Brooklyn, and I have an opportunity for you to back what’s sure to be the next big thing.

A Life Examined

Graphiti Artist Strikes Again

Frontiers of Knowledge

Make Education Work by Denying It to Most People, Says New Report

A team of researchers has found that public education is a waste for up to 90% of the American population. Their solution: Provide direct cash payments rather than schooling for most Americans. The findings are contained in a blockbuster report called “Vast Satanic Mills: Seeing Public Education for What It Is” that was released today […]

A Life Examined

Stories of Theft and Loss

In The Stoneslide Corrective No. 1, we included a number of short narratives that all revolved around acts of theft. They were adapted from the records of the Old Bailey, a criminal court in London. The way we came to this may seem obscure. It started with the idea of collection. The magazine itself was […]

Frontiers of Knowledge

The Sadness of Seeing Corruption Punished

When you see a man like Sepp Blatter, or any of his fellow grandees in the international soccer regulatory body FIFA, laid low by corruption charges, it is not shameful to shed a tear or two. Recent research is showing that self-interested and exploitative behavior by elites, like the actions of the FIFA boys, is value-creating and in some cases even heroic.

A Life Examined

Pastor Uses Tools of Wall Street to Get People into Heaven

Evangelical preacher Johnny Gawn says his life’s work is to usher as many souls as possible through the Pearly Gates. And now he’s devised a way to guarantee success, at a very reasonable cost.