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Sitting Down in the Deep End

A sawdust joint is an end-of-the line kind of gambling parlor. It's a place without frills and pretension.This column is about gambling and gamblers; about regular people who play games for money.…
AUTHOR:David Hill
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2849 words)

The Broke Broker: He’s Got Keys to the Best Apartments, But Lacks One of His Own

Cawsey. (Photo: Jackson Waite) I was looking for an apartment, which in Manhattan means you have to sell your soul. Your W-2s are not signed in enough places; your hair does not make enough money.…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2899 words)

Sires and Sons

Most babies take nine months," my grandfather used to say, "but the first one can come anytime." My parents got married in a shotgun wedding at the courthouse in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Six…
AUTHOR:David Hill
PUBLISHED: Aug. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4758 words)

The Chase is the Thing and the Thing is the Chase

For Chris: I’ve always really wanted to get into acting and/or comedy but I’m terrified of failing at it. How do you get the courage to perform? Here’s a question I answer on a…
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6983 words)
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The Battle for the Soul of Occupy Wall Street

Demonstrators link arms during Occupy Wall Street's May Day protests in New York. SACHA LECCA/Rolling Stone In early February, Marisa Holmes, a 25-year-old anarchist who had been one of the core…
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2012
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6481 words)

Secrets of Magus

The playwright David Mamet and the theatre director Gregory Mosher affirm that some years ago, late one night in the bar of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago, this happened: Ricky Jay, who is…
PUBLISHED: April 5, 1993
LENGTH: 59 minutes (14758 words)
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The Sorkin Way

After writing two of the most interesting movies of the past several years (The Social Network and Moneyball), Aaron Sorkin has returned to television via HBO, which is premiering his dramatic…
PUBLISHED: May 10, 2012
LENGTH: 1 minutes (283 words)

The frequent fliers who flew too much

Jacques Vroom was suspected of selling his AAirpass companion tickets. American Airlines tried to catch him in the act, then banned him from its flights. (unknown / May 4, 2012)
PUBLISHED: May 6, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (570 words)

Omniscient Gentlemen of The Atlantic

Baffler 19, alighting on the bloodless crossroads of technology and culture, features salvos by Thomas Frank, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rick Perlstein, David Graeber, Jim Newell, and Maureen Tkacik, plus…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5484 words)
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