Leon Neyfakh

Jun 18

Refresh Refresh Refresh: More Tales from the Internet, and Other Places, Tonight!

Leon Neyfakh cannot get enough of the Internet! He will be hosting a second “Refresh Refresh Refresh” reading tonight at

By Molly Fischer

Apr 16

Refresh Refresh Refresh: Tales from the Internet, Tonight

You there, on the Internet: Perhaps you’d be interested in hearing some people at a bar tell stories about the

By Molly Fischer

Jun 19

A Dean’s Exhortation: Stop Coddling, Harvard!

Former dean of Harvard College Harry Lewis loves to quote old documents about the purpose of liberal education and the

By Leon Neyfakh

Jul 20

Matt Cooper, Standup Guy

By Observer Staff

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page