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David Arenberg Reflects on Being Jewish in State Prison

David Arenberg had everything going for him. He was smart, the son of a research scientist and a teacher. He graduated in 1980 from the elite University of Chicago with a degree in psychology, and…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2697 words)

Use a Software Bug to Win Video Poker? That’s a Federal Hacking Case

On Monday, July 6, 2009, two engineers from Nevada’s Gaming Control Board showed up at the Silverton Casino Lodge. The off-the-strip South Las Vegas casino is best known for its mermaid…
PUBLISHED: May 1, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2486 words)

Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer

I used to believe that a mammogram saved my life. I even wrote that in the pages of this magazine. It was 1996, and I had just turned 35 when my doctor sent me for an initial screening — a…
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6533 words)
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Mag: The history and mystery of the high five

Illustrations by Bruce Hutchison for ESPN The MagazineThe origin of the high five is as mysterious as it is timeless.This story appeared in ESPN The Magazine's August 8, 2011, issue. Subscribe…
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3125 words)

Mangoes of Wrath

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad began the Ahmadiyya faith when he declared himself a prophet in 1889, in his hometown of Qadian in India. This runs counter to Muslim belief that Mohammed was the last of the…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (654 words)

Hard Knocks: Shanghai

The National Football League currently maintains four offices around the world. There is an office in Mexico City. The NFL has been popular in Mexico since at least the 1970s, and some of the…
AUTHOR:Hua Hsu
PUBLISHED: May 2, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5654 words)

Director's Cut: ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,’ by Hunter S. Thompson

The telephone rang at Warren Hinckle's San Francisco home at about 3:30 in the morning on Wednesday, April 29, 1970. When Hinckle picked up the receiver, he heard the unmistakable voice of Hunter S.…
PUBLISHED: May 4, 2012
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8189 words)
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The Shift And How It Begins

 You have probably noticed that something strange is going on in the world. The unusual weather patterns, the natural disasters happening on a near weekly basis. The corruption and lies being…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1920 words)

Your Body Is a Corporate Test Tube

Public health historians David Rosner and Jerry Markowitz’s recent book, Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America’s Children, chronicles the battles that have taken…
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2013
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2231 words)
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