The Suit Who Spooked the EPA
John Beale was an exemplary employee at the Environmental Protection Agency. He also led a double life, though not the rumored one at the CIA his colleagues whispered about.
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John Beale was an exemplary employee at the Environmental Protection Agency. He also led a double life, though not the rumored one at the CIA his colleagues whispered about.
Michael Gaynor Washingtonian Mar 2014 15min Permalink
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Every year eleven million people attend Magh Mela, a Hindu festival on the banks of the Ganges. The temporary infrastructure to support them includes hospitals and power stations, plus a massive surveillance apparatus.
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Ten years ago, the tax agency formed a special team to unravel the complex tax-lowering strategies of the nation’s wealthiest people. It never had a chance.
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In 1990, there was no star bigger than the man born Robert Van Winkle. But just as quickly as he became the bestselling rapper the world had ever seen, he became a pariah.
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COBOL is a coding language older than Weird Al Yankovic. The people who know how to use it are often just as old. It underpins the entire financial system. And it can’t be removed. How a computer language controls the financial life of the world.
Clive Thompson Wealthsimple Magazine Nov 2020 25min Permalink
California’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test.
John Branch The New York Times Dec 2020 20min Permalink
Bill Landreth was one of the whiz kids, poking around Pentagon servers with the friends he had never met. But one of them was an FBI informant.
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The American yam is not the food it says it is. How that came to be is a story of robbery, reinvention, and identity.
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Why 18th-century French police obsessively tracked elite sex workers.
Nina Kushner Slate Apr 2014 15min Permalink
The surprisingly difficult work of building bots that can walk.
Will Knight Technology Review Jun 2014 Permalink
Dov Charney’s struggle to keep control of American Apparel.
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Navigating the bureaucratic welfare maze while raising a family.
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A profoundly neglected 6-year-old gets a new home.
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The story of a New York City bar and its owner, Old John McSorley.
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The Syrian civil war crosses into Lebanon.
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On the cranky king of New York sports talk.
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