Fuck you, you ho, come and say it to my face. I’ll fuck your ass in front of everybody, you bitch! Scared of the real man. I’ll fuck you till you love me, faggot!

Mike Tyson at the Tyson-Lewis press conference, Jan 22, 2002. As the troubled boxer peddles his one-man show and makes appearances around the world, Tricia Romano writes about how a convicted rapist became cuddly.

Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Sir Winston Churchill, November 11, 1947

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

That’s Frank Gehry. The famed architect will take the stage at #ThinkFest this weekend, and we’ve got an opportunity to ask him one question. But we’d rather that come from you! So we ask: Do you have a question we can pass along to Frank Gehry? Tell us w/ a reblog or on Twitter w/ hashtag #AskFrank.