​Have you long suspected that your boss is a psychopath? Maybe not the kind who's killing prostitutes in a rain coat to the musical stylings of Huey Lewis and the News, but...actually, now you're thinking of it, maybe that? You'll be the opposite of relieved to know that if you work in a corporate environment, your boss has a higher chance of being a psychopath than someone in a non-managerial position, according to a new study.

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​We thought we put this one to bed a few months ago, but as it turns out, we're talking about the Ace Hotel again. Remember how hip it is? Or "not quote-unquote hip, per se"? It's hip again, or continues to be hip, or continues to be quote-unquote not not hip. This time, the angle is that the Ace lobby is a place where people work, which Chris Mohney at BlackBook covered definitively about a year and a half ago.

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​According to a new study, two-thirds of heterosexual couples "reported" that the guy said "I love you" first. Does this portend a new era of male sensitivity, despite men being such alleged slackers? Does this mean that women, "despite their [alleged] reputation for being emotionally driven and relationship-oriented," are actually anti-sentimental cold-hearted she-beasts? What, exactly, does this mean? You might guess that, as the researchers learned, men's motivations were different than women's motivations.

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Back before LSD became associated with '60s counterculture, it was an experimental therapeutic drug used on people like this genteel housewife. "I can feel the air, I can see it," she says. "I can see all the molecules. I'm part of it. Can't you see it?"

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​Today in over-the-top political correctness seemingly supported by science: Researchers at Simon Fraser University in Canada have undertaken a study to see how Christmas trees hurt the feelings of impact people who aren't Christian. They asked 77 Christians and 57 non-Christians to fill out a survey both when a 12-inch Christmas tree was in the room and when it was not. The people who didn't celebrate Christmas "reported fewer positive feelings and less self-assurance in the Christmas room. Christians were mostly cheered by the tree."

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​​Hear now, "boy": last Wednesday's Village Voice's cover story by staff writer Steven Thrasher, an essay entitled White America Has Lost Its Mind, sure has attracted some interesting attention! Whether or not readers agree with what we have to say, we often get letters from them regarding our stories, many of which are exciting, substantial, or, at the very least, rational, nuanced, and psychologically stable. These -- the second installment in the letters we've received regarding the story -- are none of those things.

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​Hear now, boy: This week's Village Voice's cover story by staff writer Steven Thrasher, an essay entitled White America Has Lost Its Mind, sure has attracted some interesting attention! Whether or not readers agree with what we have to say, we often get letters from them regarding our stories, many of which are exciting, substantial, or, at the very least, rational, nuanced, and psychologically stable. These letters are none of those things.

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​Here, finally, is a study that proves what many of us be-plighted single ladies (and ladies who are no longer single) have known for years. When men are stressed -- a/k/a, you're yelling at them for some perceived slight, or maybe they really are just plain old stressed -- their brains actually shut down. With diminished brain activity to prove it.

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​A survey by Nutrisystem reiterated what we already know -- that many Americans are unhealthy and unhappy with their weight -- and upped the ante with what's essentially a weight-related game of "Would You Rather" transferred into a study. They found some surprising and downright horrifying sacrifices that Americans are willing to make to win their personal battles with the bulge. More >>

​Wondering who really got the best of whom in the aftermath of the U.S./Russia spy swap? A University of Michigan researcher named Igor Grossmann (full disclosure: He's Ukrainian) has delved into the mysteries of Russian vs. American psychology to see who's more "brooding." As you might expect, the Russians won on that count, generally tending to "focus on their negative feelings the most." But there's a twist!

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