The High Life and Fast Times of Jim Dent
The author of The Junction Boys can’t tell you how many times he’s been arrested.
Frankenstein’s Mother
Sometimes your mom keeps the monsters at bay, and sometimes, she is one.
A Dream Undone
The plot to erode the key legislative gains of the civil rights era.
Ian Urbina, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, just published "The Outlaw Ocean," a four-part series on crime in international waters.
“It is a tribe. It has its norms, its language, and its jealousies. I approached it almost as a foreign country that happened to be disparate, almost a nomadic or exiled population. And one that has extremely strict hierarchies—you know when you’re on a ship that the captain is God.”
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You May Know Me from Such Roles as Terrorist #4
Being a Muslim-American actor often means being really good at yelling “Allahu Akbar!” before someone kills you.
I'm Sammy Hagar, and I Learned to Cook Before I Learned to Rock
The former Van Halen front man has actually made more money from booze and food than from music.
Blowhards
Inside the cutthroat world of competitive bagpiping.
Potsdam’s Nightmare: What Happened to Garrett Phillips?
Nearly 4 years ago, a 12-year-old boy was murdered in a small town in upstate New York. The suspects are well known, but nobody has been convicted of the crime.
Do We Cheapen Philosophy When We Use It as Therapy?
Looking to Nietzsche for self-help.
American Woman
The life of Kim Kardashian.
Jennifer Pan’s Revenge
Her parents wanted Jennifer to be successful. The pressure may have led her to plot their murder.
The Children of Strangers
The lives of Sue and Hector Badeau, who felt a calling to raise children and adopted twenty of them.
The Lost Girls of Rocky Mount
An investigation into serial killings in a small North Carolina city.
The Moment I Became a Novelist
The baseball game that launched a career in fiction.
Scooper Hero
The man who gets all the superhero scoops in Hollywood.
When Is A Rescuer A Hoarder?
The life of Kimi Peck, a former screenwriter, once married to Gregory Peck’s son, who turned to “saving” stray dogs.
The Singular Mind of Terry Tao
How one of the greatest mathematicians in the world thinks.
Inside the Family Battle for the Newman’s Own Brand Name
Paul Newman’s will held some unpleasant surprises for his daughters.
A Week In The Mysterious Sleeping Villages Of Kazakhstan
What is the sickness that leads inhabitants to sleep for days?
Thirteen Months of Working, Eating and Sleeping at the Googleplex
Meet Ben Discoe, a programmer who did it from October 2011 to November 2012.
Web Design: The First 100 Years
Right now, never-ending technological progress feels inevitable. It isn’t. And that’s a good thing. A talk on the future of the internet.
Comic Conman
The story of a lawyer-turned-money launderer, stolen evidence, and a bunch of comics selling at outrageously high prices at auction. And Mussolini.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Black Doom of Options"
An eviction notice causes a grotesque chain of events.
"Imogene grunted as she lifted the sledgehammer and again brought it down. She missed the knob and graced the door, taking some of the siding off it. She bent down and thrust the hammer at the spot. The wood gave away."
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It
The men who are trying to find out if wireless carjacking is possible.
Margaret Sullivan is the public editor of The New York Times.
“Jill Abramson said to me early on, ‘What will happen here is you’ll stick around and eventually you’ll alienate everybody, and then no one will be talking to you, and you’ll have to leave.’ I’m about three-quarters of the way there.”
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