“Dinosaurs have become an asset class for billionaires. And the market is about as orderly and genteel as a starving T. rex.”
Brendan Fitzgerald
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A Texan Risked Everything to Defend Ukraine. So Did His Father.
“Erik Giggleman was an elite Army soldier who went in search of a righteous struggle and found it in Ukraine. As his commitment deepened, his father confronted an excruciating truth: Either the conflict would end, or Erik would die fighting.”
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My Mother Died On Screen But Survived Hollywood
“Making sense of a complicated family legacy.”
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Why Are Berries Everywhere, in Every Season? Driscoll’s.
“The California giant has helped turn a local, seasonal treat into a worldwide refrigerator staple and marketing juggernaut.”
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Inside America’s Shoplifting Lab
“In the war on ‘shrink,’ big retailers are turning to one Florida outfit to study shoppers and prevent them from stealing. I went there—and saw far too much.”
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Skill Nostalgia
“Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work?”
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No Return
“Did an experienced alpinist leave his girlfriend to die at the top of a mountain?”
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The Florida Alligator Dragnet
“When an alligator kills someone in America, it can make international headlines. What happens to the thousands of gators that people deem ‘nuisances’ does not.”
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Why Is Florida Executing So Many Prisoners?
“In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.”
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A Young Magician Wanted to Build an Epic Magic Collection. Did He Go Too Far?
“Rory Feldman was accused of deceiving, defrauding, and stealing. But he says he’s been the target of a relentless smear campaign by a ‘magic mafia.'”