To Have Is to Owe: A History of Debt Never has the governing class allowed anyone to question the sacred principle that we all must pay our debts. That principle has recently been exposed to be a flagrant lie. As it turns out, we all don’t have to pay our debts. Only some of us […]
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To Have Is to Owe: A History of Debt
To Have Is to Owe: A History of Debt Never has the governing class allowed anyone to question the sacred principle that we all must pay our debts. That principle has recently been exposed to be a flagrant lie. As it turns out, we all don’t have to pay our debts. Only some of us […]
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Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty. John Lennon, in an interview with David Sheff for Playboy; September 8-28, 1980. (via lindsaykap)
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Jeffrey MacIntyre: My Top 5 Longreads of 2010
Jeffrey MacIntyre: My Top 5 Longreads of 2010 ICYMI, this list was posted Monday during the Tumblrpocalypse. MacIntyre is founder of content strategy firm Predicate LLC — his list includes stories by Moe Tkacik, Richard Morgan, Paul Ford, James Sturm.
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Paul Ford: My Top 5 Longreads of 2010
Paul Ford was an editor at Harper’s Magazine; now he’s wandering around, looking at stuff and writing computer programs. *** Tony Judt, “Night,” New York Review of Books (January 14) This was the year of the dying critic. Most writers would do themselves, and their readers, a service by dying without all the self-elegies (“selfegies”?). […]
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My First Time: A Political Novice Runs for Office
My First Time: A Political Novice Runs for Office I ran for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District because I thought the government was spending too much money. I had no idea how much I’d be spending, or what I’d have to show for it when the ballots were counted. My rookie stats — 2,242 votes, […]
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My First Time: A Political Novice Runs for Office
My First Time: A Political Novice Runs for Office I ran for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District because I thought the government was spending too much money. I had no idea how much I’d be spending, or what I’d have to show for it when the ballots were counted. My rookie stats — 2,242 votes, […]
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The Mystery Of Erica Blasberg: Why Did the LPGA Golfer Take Her Own Life?
The Mystery Of Erica Blasberg: Why Did the LPGA Golfer Take Her Own Life? “Did I push her too hard?” [her father] Mel asks, his voice cracking slightly. “That question will haunt me for the rest of my life. Every world-class athlete has to give up their childhood to some degree. They’re given a special […]
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From 1948: Pearl Harbor in Retrospect
From 1948: Pearl Harbor in Retrospect nprfreshair: “Pearl Harbor struck a country satiated with war’s alarms. True, we had put through the draft and had actually reached the shooting stage with German submarines. But as a people we were still talking of war, without really accepting its imminence. Then, into our national complacency, came a […]
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Andrea Pitzer: My Top 5 Longreads of 2010
Andrea Pitzer is writer and editor of Nieman Storyboard. *** To eliminate some of the choices that have already been popular—hello, David Grann! ;)—I haven’t included anyone I’ve met in person. All stories from 2010. Rabbi to the Rescue, by Martha Wexler and Jeff Lunden from The Washington Post Magazine Spiritual longing, the Holocaust, and […]