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Profile of The New York Times’ Gretchen Morgenson

The lightning bolt came out of the heavens and struck Ann and me the first time we saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. My family was living on the marine base in Camp Pendleton, California, and we’d all gathered around the little black-and-white TV at our grandmother’s in La Jolla. Most people didn’t […]

A social critic argues that divorce poses no threat to the institution of marriage

Bringing a World Series trophy to a title-starved city can do that for a guy, but Charlie Manuel—national hero in Japan, hitting savant, friend to the Amish, Ted Williams and pretty much everyone in between—was a worldly man long before you ever knew.

“Every tennis lover would like, someday, to play like (Roger) Federer,” Philippe Bouin told me. “But every man wants to be Rafael Nadal. Which is different.”

“Years ago I was a lighting fixture salesperson, and when I was 25 years old, I wasn’t enjoying my job that much. I quit my job because I won a Halloween contest dressed up as Bill Clinton in San Diego. I quit my job and became a professional Bill Clinton impersonator. My company used me […]

What is the deal with Western men’s erotic obsession with the East?

Why the U.S. military is ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join its ranks.

Ed O’Bannon, An Example of When a Promising Career Goes Bust

Plunging deep into his roles—from the self-created (Edward Scissorhands and Captain Jack Sparrow) to the painstakingly re-created (Hunter S. Thompson, and John Dillinger in Public Enemies)—Johnny Depp can drive himself to the edge of the psyche.