Search Results for: The Nation

If She Did It (2007)

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No one expected Judith Regan to go quietly. After dropping out of sight for much of this year, on Nov. 13 she filed a lawsuit against News Corp, HarperCollins, and Jane Friedman for defamation, breach of contract, and sex discrimination. Most spectacularly, the lawsuit alleges that Ms. Regan was the victim of a vast conspiracy, set in motion by two unnamed News Corp executives, who were worried that she would expose secrets about her now-indicted former lover Bernard Kerik—the former New York City police commissioner—that would imperil his former boss Rudy Giuliani’s presidential bid. News Corp conspired to not only fire her, according to the lawsuit, but also defame her and discredit her so that any allegations she made would be immediately discounted as the ravings of a crazy person.

Published: Nov 20, 2007
Length: 15 minutes (3,902 words)

Where Did the Korean Greengrocers Go?

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After the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 opened the door to consistent migration from South Korea, Korean greengrocers, with their neat stacks of canned goods and their “stoop line” (sidewalk) spreads of apples, oranges, and flowers, became ubiquitous in the city, particularly in blighted and dangerous neighborhoods lacking regular grocers. But more recently, these stores have been vanishing. The Korean Produce Association reports that it has 2,500 members in the New York–New Jersey area, down from 3,000 a few decades ago.

Source: City Journal
Published: Jan 17, 2011
Length: 12 minutes (3,124 words)

Taming the Wild

Taming the Wild

Tabloid Takedown

Tabloid Takedown

Tabloid Takedown

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The John Edwards tale began, like so many National Enquirer investigations, with a phone call. When the tip line rang in the paper’s Santa Monica office, reporters often raced to answer it. Rick Egusquiza grabbed it late one afternoon in fall 2007, knowing full well that nine out of 10 calls were worthless, just wackos promising the story of the decade. Egusquiza, 44, had been a Venice Beach bartender, his only writing experience reviewing porn movies for Adult Video News. But he quickly learned the Enquirer culture; his first scoop was that Angelina Jolie had gotten a Billy Bob tattoo on her arm.

Source: Playboy
Published: Feb 16, 2011
Length: 24 minutes (6,246 words)

The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology

The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology

The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology

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The writer-director forwarded his resignation to more than twenty Scientologist friends, including Anne Archer, John Travolta, and Sky Dayton, the founder of EarthLink. “I felt if I sent it to my friends they’d be as horrified as I was, and they’d ask questions as well,” he says. “That turned out to be largely not the case. They were horrified that I’d send a letter like that.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Feb 7, 2011
Length: 99 minutes (24,922 words)

Back to the Future with Peter Thiel

Back to the Future with Peter Thiel

Forty Years Later: How 'Oregon Trail' Was Born

Forty Years Later: How ‘Oregon Trail’ Was Born

The Secrets Behind Your Flowers: The Path from Colombia to the U.S.

The Secrets Behind Your Flowers: The Path from Colombia to the U.S.