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Another Night to Remember

When the Costa Concordia, a floating pleasure palace carrying 4,200 people, hit a rock off the Italian coast on January 13, it became the largest passenger ship ever wrecked, supplanting the Titanic…
PUBLISHED: May 10, 2012
LENGTH: 1 minutes (492 words)

Marx at 193

In trying to think what Marx would have made of the world today, we have to begin by stressing that he was not an empiricist. He didn’t think that you could gain access to the truth by…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5838 words)

The Myth of the Disconnected Life

The new year is now well underway and many people have probably already broken the resolutions they made to disconnect from their digital devices more often and reconnect with the people and places…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1710 words)

Burning Man

AUTHOR:Jay Kirk
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7491 words)

Los Angeles L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

By Jeff Weiss published: January 19, 2012 Photo by Paul Ferrara/copyright DMC PHOTO COURTESY OF ELEKTRA RECORDS Click here for "L.A. Woman: Track List,"
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3156 words)

How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

PUBLISHED: Jan. 21, 2012
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4620 words)

Vladimir Putin's Risky Ploy to Manufacture History

The Russian president, a practiced propagandist since before he entered the Kremlin, is refashioning more than just his public image Vladimir Putin / AP At last fall's Valdai Discussion Club, the…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1555 words)

A Drug That Wakes the Near Dead

An Awakening: A mother describes the surprising effect that the pharmaceutical sleeping drug Ambien has had on her brain-damaged son.
PUBLISHED: Dec. 1, 2011
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4639 words)

My Explosive Pal, Hunter S. Thompson

My first encounter with Hunter S. Thompson was when I was invited to the Woody Creek Tavern in Colorado in December 1994. Someone said, Why dont you come down, and you and Hunter will have a drink.…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 23, 2011
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1274 words)
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