“The most important fast food restaurant in America is a radical burger joint in Watts.”

The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think.

“Uncertainty, it has been shown, is more painful than certain physical pain.”

On Japan’s Hokkaido, an island the size of Ireland, and its rebel leader of lore, Shakushain.

A profile of Harold Camping, a Christian radio host who (falsely) predicted the end of the world.

A grandmaster on the computers that have bested him and how we have misunderstood the implications of artificial intelligence.

The detective work that led to the recovery of a trove of stolen Nazi art.

Some of the wealthiest people in America are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.

His hotel heists had detectives convinced they were on the trail of one of the world’s most skilled con-men.

Many people dream of building their own home in the country, but one family finds more of a struggle than they bargained for.

A former first-string tackle considers the green zone as a war zone:

Just as football has evolved in accordance with the evolving business ethic of American society, so has it evolved in accordance with the changing strategic assumptions about war. The development (or rebirth) of the T-formation in football coincided almost exactly with the development of a new era of mobility and speed in warfare best exemplified in the Blitzkrieg tactics of the German armies in Europe in 1939-40. The T-formation soon overwhelmed the “Maginot Line” mentality of traditional football, based as it was on rigid lines and massive concentrations of defensive and offensive power.

A conversation with the author of Calvin and Hobbes.

How the Third Reich was founded on a conspiracy theory.

On the intrigue surrounding Dr. Zhivago’s publication.

An 8th-generation Louisvillian on the Kentucky Derby, bourbon and the history of his hometown.

Twenty-six years after he was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife, Michael Morton sees the real killer brought to justice in a Texas courthouse.

On the factories of India and the women whose lives they ruin.

The congressman (and future Mayor of New York) vs. the South American assassin.

The inner workings of a high school basketball team stacked with international talent.

An investigation into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests in Alaska Native villages.

A profile of Larry Garrison, the man who “gets paid to bring tabloid stories to TV news programs.”

What are the foreign policy views of Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney?

“In the very near future, the act of remembering will become a choice.”

A newspaper writer’s attempt to solve the mystery of a homeless man who claims to be a once-famous boxer.