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Dark Side of the Moon
On the Cold War and the Space Race.
End of the Line
Suicide-by-subway, and how the dead haunt the living.
Secret of AA
A psychological, historical and neurological look at Alcoholics Anonymous.
The Blind Faith of the One-Eyed Matador
A bullfighter’s comeback after a brutal goring.
The Last Days of Stealhead Joe
On the troubled, legendary Deschutes River fly-fishing guide.
The Willy Wonka of Pot
A trip to Hempfest with cannabis breeder DJ Short.
Assets of the Ayatollah
The $95 billion empire supporting Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.
The Last Days of the President
Lyndon Baines Johnson in retirement.
The Belly of the Beast
The price we pay for cheap meat.
The Rise of a Bourgeois Paradise
A move to Los Angeles and a foray into the bourgeoisie.
The Secret World of Fast Fashion
How Korean immigrants in L.A. revolutionized fashion’s production cycle.
A Fleet of One
Driving cross-country in a chemical tanker.
Anatomy of a Prison
A glimpse into the overcrowded California State Prison, Los Angeles County.
The Secret History of Boeing’s Killer Drone
The bitter rivalry within the aerospace industry to produce unmanned combat aircrafts.
The Garrison Commission On the Assassination of President Kennedy
An ex-spook takes on the Warren Commission.
My obsession with a New York cup of coffee and a doughnut
When a writer’s daily routine gets out of control.
One morning, as I gobbled my doughnut and slurped my coffee, thinking to myself, "What a fantastic doughnut, what an amazing coffee," I realised that I had not just thought this but was actually saying aloud, "What a fantastic doughnut! What a totally fantastic experience!", and that this was attracting the attention of the other customers, one of whom turned to me and said, "You like the doughnuts, huh?"
The Other Side of a Miracle
Life, death, and last year’s Auburn-Alabama game.
Tilda Swinton Is in a World of Her Own
On the actress’s stellar year.
In and Out of Time in Iraq
An essay on PTSD.
The Making of a Narco State
Following the money and the opium in Afghanistan.
The Origin of Species
How Craig Venter’s bugs might save the world.
A Volcano of Documents
Guatemala discovers, in bat-guano spotted documents, the truth about its violent past.
The Art of Butchery
We are disgusted by butchery, even as we eat more meat than ever.
The True Story of Lady Byron's Life
The most dreadful men to live with are those who thus alternate between angel and devil.
Not long before she died, Anne Isabella Noel Byron gave a wide-ranging interview to the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Most notoriously, she accused her husband, Lord Byron, of carrying on a “secret adulterous intrigue” with his half-sister.
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