A history of the fowl.

“Robert Victor Sullivan, whom you’ve surely never heard of, was the toughest coach of them all. He was so tough he had to have two tough nicknames, Bull and Cyclone, and his name was usually recorded this way: coach Bob “Bull” “Cyclone” Sullivan or coach Bob (Bull) (Cyclone) Sullivan. Also, at times he was known as Big Bob or Shotgun. He was the most unique of men, and yet he remains utterly representative of a time that has vanished, from the gridiron and from these United States.”

“Adaptation is one explanation of how a lot of executives stay alive. As the fish in the Silurian rivers began to develop swim bladders in order to live in shoal waters, so American executives have developed certain compensating features. The process can be observed particularly in the big cities where conditions are the most trying. Executives have developed an insensitivity to noise, an uncanny time sense (needed in commuting), and an attunement to the city’s terrifying rhythms. Instead of trying to escape the phenomenon of modern life they fling themselves at it.”

The Horace Mann School’s secret history of sexual abuse.

How Wall Street thoroughly dominated Obama’s economic policy.

The story of booze and Bangalore.

The psychic benefits of leaving New York.

What became of Annie Moore, the first person to arrive on Ellis Island?

The rise and fall of an antiquities collector turned grave robber.

A profile of the mysterious and moderately intelligent Giant Pacific Octopus.

How smallpox went from eradicated disease to the ideal weapon of bioterrorists.

The rise and fall of The Exile, Russia’s angriest English-language newspaper.

An interview with Sandy Koufax on “the management of excellence.”

What happens to a subway operator after someone commits suicide by jumping in front of his train?

Returning to the scenes of three famous deaths in Seattle.

A lifetime worth of little scams adds up.

Autopsy of a spy.

A profile of Roseanne Barr and her multiple personalities.

At tourism’s wildest frontier; guided tours of Afghanistan.

The new purgatory; what becomes of digital identities after death.

A family defends the life of a man who died and became a national punchline.

The double life of a KGB spy living in 1980s Manhattan.

On the underground doctors unleashing the healing powers of hallucinogens.

Survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting, nine months later.

A profile of the Handmaid’s Tale star.