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I Joined Three Cults Simultaneously
The author enrolls in three cults - ADIDAM, the Moonies, and Aleph (formerly Aum, who carried out the Tokyo metro Sarin attacks) - via their New York branches.
Who Gives a Puck About Sports Merch?
How the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the expansion hockey team now in the Stanley Cup Finals, built a brand from scratch.
theLAnd Interview: John Rechy
In his 90th year, L.A.’s finest living writer discusses his heroes and inspirations, the anti-gay and anti-Mexican prejudices he’s weathered and the wisdom accrued over a miraculous life.
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A journey to the Ukraine to learn from the world's tallest man.
Leonid S. is eight and a half feet tall, and he is still growing. He is 34 years old, weighs 480 pounds, and he is still growing. He can't fit in a car, wears size 26 EEEEE shoes, can pick apples eleven feet off the ground standing flat-footed, and yes, he is still growing.
A Q&A With A Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
How do you sell a $3000 vacuum?
Robert Capa’s Longest Day
How the famed war photographer covered D-Day.
Being Gay in Iran
Coming out in a country where that can get you killed.
I Want It, and I Want It Now
A five-part series on the instant gratification economy.
Ryan Adams Finally Finds His Way Home
The alt-country wunderkind turned walking disaster finds peace at 39.
Last Morning in Al Hamra
On living in Saudi Arabia.
How Lester Bangs Taught Me to Read
The rock critic’s lasting impact.
Smugged by Reality
On New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik.
A Night to Forget
A tragic car crash, its lone survivor, and his reeling town.
Still Richard
Richard Simmons at 64, sweatin’ to the oldies (and country and disco) thrice weekly.
Blues Cruise
A dispatch from The National Review’s post-election cruise.
Friday Night Tykes
A season with the best 12-year-old football team in Texas.
Why Doctors Can't Give You LSD (But Maybe They Should)
On the renaissance in psychedelic research.
A Convenient Excuse
On the media’s failure to cover climate change.
A Closed Letter to Myself About Thievery, Heckling, and Rape Jokes
The thin, resentful line between comic and audience.
Love and Loss in a Small Texas Town
On the deadly explosion in West, Texas.
Lou Reed: A Deaf Mute in a Telephone Booth
The rock critic confronts his favorite musician.
A Long Walk's End
A fugitive spends six years on the Appalachian trail.
Boy, Interrupted
A drug derived from cannabis was the only thing that could control a young boy’s seizures.
All Due Respect
An American reporter takes on the Yakuza.
