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The Essential Man

More Ebert photos & intimate moments >> PLUS: Follow Ebert & Esquire on Twitter >> Published in the March 2010
PUBLISHED: Feb. 16, 2010
LENGTH: 2 minutes (680 words)

How To Figure Out What You’re Good At

A lot of success advice centers around the idea of “being honest with yourself about the things you’re good at, and pursuing those things relentlessly.” We’re told that…
AUTHOR:danshipper
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1648 words)

Neal Pollack on rebounding from massive hype and six-figure deals to online publishing

In Money Matters, creative people discuss what they’re not supposed to: the intersection of entertainment and commerce, as well as moments in their lives and careers when they bottomed out…
PUBLISHED: March 14, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3594 words)

The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick

Herman Melville, circa 1860. Photo: Wikipedia In July of 1852, a 32-year-old novelist named Herman Melville had high hopes for his new novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, despite the book’s mixed…
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2311 words)

White Moon Rising

First, a few basics about the Mongolian holiday Tsagaan Sar. Tsagaan means “white” and Sar can be translated as “month” or “moon”. The…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1593 words)

Pope Benedict’s leaked documents show fractured Vatican full of rivalries

Vatican City — Guests at the going-away party for Carlo Maria Viganò couldn’t understand why the archbishop looked so forlorn. Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Viganò…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 16, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (545 words)

A Battle for the Best Chappelle's Show Sketch Ever

I'm not sure if it's the best show, or the funniest show, or the smartest show, or even the bravest show, but I do know that Chappelle's Show is hands down, without a close second, the most important…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3756 words)

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: The Most Wicked Face of Theda Bara

Theodosia Goodman grew up in Cincinnati, the child of middle-class Jewish immigrants. Her father was a tailor; her mother kept house. She went to high school, she went to two years of college. She…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3340 words)

Into the Unknown

Mawson heard the faint whine of a dog behind him. It must be, he thought, one of the six huskies pulling the rear sledge. But then Mertz, who had been scouting ahead on skis all morning, stopped and…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2357 words)
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