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Each Wild Idea

I was explaining to my girls, we went by a Chinese restaurant that has the big LED sign, and it has this sweeping pattern, then flashes red, then blue, then blue sweeps across from left to right,…

Disgrace: On Marc Hauser

In the summer of 2007, while the scientist Marc Hauser was in Australia, Harvard University authorities entered his lab on the tenth floor of William James Hall, seizing computers, videotapes,…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5785 words)

In search of Nirvana

Nirvana live at the Paramount in Seattle in 1991 Link to this video Twenty years ago on a hot, smelly mess of an August day, the kind New York City does…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 18, 2011
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2967 words)

The Shame of College Sports

A litany of scandals in recent years have made the corruption of college sports constant front-page news. We profess outrage each time we learn that yet another student-athlete has been taking…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1198 words)

Playground Rules

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. For public distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, contact ccasey@texasmonthly.com for reprint information and fees. One…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2544 words)

John Walsh unravels the mystery behind Hemingway's suicide

10 Essential Longreads on Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and The War on Terror

With news of Osama bin Laden's death ricocheting around the Web, we dove into The Atlantic's archives to find the most interesting, engaging, and thoughtful pieces on bin Laden,…
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2011
LENGTH: 1 minutes (393 words)
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