Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger?
An “unknown energy source” has been blamed for debilitating symptoms suffered by Americans posted in Cuba. The real cause may be more surprising.
An “unknown energy source” has been blamed for debilitating symptoms suffered by Americans posted in Cuba. The real cause may be more surprising.
Dan Hurley New York Time Magazine May 2019 25min Permalink
“There was no they.' There was not even a 'he,' no armed person turning on a crowd. But what happened at JFK last night was, in every respect but the violence, a mass shooting.”
David Wallace-Wells New York Aug 2016 15min Permalink
After a tragic accident involving a rabid dog, grief drives citzens to extreme, illogical measures to prevent further occurrences.
"What I'm saying is, with no dogs and no cats, the chance that another father would have to carry his animal-murdered child into their home, where the child's mother sat, doing the bills, happy or something like happy for the last time in her life, happy until the instant she looked up and saw--what I guess I'm saying is, with no dogs and no cats, the chances of that happening to someone else (or to us again) went down to that very beautiful number of Zero. Which is why we eventually did have to enact our policy of sacrificing all dogs and cats who had been in the vicinity of the Village at the time of the incident."
George Saunders Esquire Jan 2009 15min Permalink
How a mysterious twitching epidemic overtook one Western New York town.
Susan Dominus New York Times Magazine Mar 2012 30min Permalink