Articles Tweeted

Newest Picks

The Falling Man, by Tom Junod

Originally appeared in the September 2003 issue EPILOGUE (2011): Tom Junod Puts the Falling Man to Rest UPDATE (2012): Mad Men and "The Falling Man" ***** In the picture, he departs from this earth…
AUTHOR:Tom Junod
PUBLISHED: Sept. 8, 2009
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7384 words)

Feel the Loathing on the Campaign Trail

Sometime early last May, I began to have this goofy notion, which turned into a daydream and eventually became a recurring fantasy. It went like this: One morning, I would wake up to the news that…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 29, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4800 words)

Fussbudget

“If you’re going to criticize, you should propose,” Ryan says of his budget plan. One day in March, 2009, two months after the Inauguration of President Ob
AUTHOR:Ryan Lizza
PUBLISHED: Aug. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6317 words)

Kenneth Lonergan’s Thwarted Masterpiece

Kenneth Longergan. Think back on the last time you saw Kenneth Lonergan’s 2000 film, “You Can Count On Me.” Do you remember how good it was? The intellectual and emotional complexity of the script?…
PUBLISHED: June 19, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3904 words)

The Many Pivots Of Justin.tv: How A Livecam Show Became Home To Video Gaming Superstars

Photo by Jason Madara It was when the San Francisco police burst into his apartment, guns drawn, that Justin Kan first found cause to question his business model. The incident--later immortalized on…
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4533 words)

Can Livestrong Survive Lance Armstrong and a Doping Scandal?

On a Sunday night in late July, a trio of bouncers stand outside a chic club near the Champs-Élysées, in Paris, checking guests for a special bracelet with a black plastic charm of a No.…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5414 words)

MLB Advanced Media's Bob Bowman Is Playing Digital Hardball. And He's Winning.

Photo by Dan Saelinger The first week of January 2010, Apple called Bob Bowman with an invitation shrouded in even more mystery than usual: If you want in on our next project, send us your two best…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3524 words)
2 RETWEETs

Sully And The Mick

The inquiry arrived via e-mail with a note of urgency from my publisher: You might want to take a look at this. Mrs. Frank Sullivan had just received a condolence call from a dear friend who had…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (454 words)

Much More To R.a. Dickey Than The Knuckleball

It tacks in inexplicable and unpredictable ways. It sometimes resists the desired path, no matter how much control you try to exert. When you think you've solved the mystery and discerned the…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1040 words)
}