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The Wrath of Putin

Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the richest man in Russia when he dared confront then president Vladimir Putin, criticizing state corruption at a meeting with Putin in February 2003. Arrested that fall,…
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2012
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6664 words)

How doctors choose to die

Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopaedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He asked a surgeon to explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1755 words)

My top 12 longreads of 2011

The wonderful site Longreads is collating people’s picks of the best long features of the year. Some say that the internet is triggering a renaissance for long-form writing and I very much…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 24, 2011
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1121 words)

MILFs, cougars, and the mystery of gerontophilia.

Perhaps it's just an artifact of having close, affectionate relationships with both of my grandmothersone of whom was gnarled by debilitating rheumatoid arthritis but was as sage as a Nirvana-bound...
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2011
LENGTH: 2 minutes (738 words)
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