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Labor, Interrupted

In May 2003 came the joyous birth of Prairie Cummings Resch, first child of Zoe Cummings Resch ’92. All had gone according to plan: Resch lay down on a surgical table. An anesthesiologist…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4303 words)

The Netanyahu Paradox

A nuclear Iran threatens. The Palestinian conflict smolders. Meanwhile, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has largely vanquished his domestic foes—the Israeli media, the political…
PUBLISHED: July 5, 2012
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5973 words)
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The Secret Life of Transgender Rocker Tom Gabel

Laura Jane Grace in a St. Augustine, Florida recording studio. Cass Bird On a warm Friday evening at the end of March, the artist soon to be formerly known as Tommy Gabel is walking through Manhattan…
AUTHOR:Josh Eells
PUBLISHED: May 31, 2012
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5778 words)

The Cooler Me

Not too long ago, I was sitting backstage at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and drinking beer with my doppelgänger, a 39-year-old singer-songwriter named Kyle Field. Or rather, I…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5548 words)

Uncatchable

It's past ten o'clock in the evening, a rude hour to knock on someone's front door, but George Wright's attorney has assured me that this is the best time. The TV cameras have gone away. The…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 33 minutes (8483 words)

A teacher, a student, and a 39-year-long lesson in forgiveness

View full sizeThomas Boyd/The OregonianThirty-nine years later, retired teacher James Atteberry received an apology from an old student. Atteberry is now living in Astoria and says rarely a week goes…
PUBLISHED: April 21, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2164 words)

The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers

A while ago, a twenty-something geek we'll call Martin arranged a meeting with some potential clients in an an unusual place: the sidewalk across the street from a police precinct on Manhattan's…
SOURCE:gawker.com
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1941 words)

What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?

Kobun Chino Otogawa, Steve Jobs' Zen teacher. One reason I was looking forward to reading Walter Isaacsons new biography of Steve Jobs was my hope that, as a sharp-eyed reporter, Isaacson…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 28, 2011
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3519 words)

David Graeber, the Anti-Leader of Occupy Wall Street

Features October 26, 2011, 11:35 PM EDT …
PUBLISHED: Oct. 26, 2011
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3504 words)
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