What Happened to Yahoo

Source: Paul Graham
Published: Aug 1, 2010
Length: 7 minutes (1,935 words)

Prison Without Walls

Incarceration In America Is A Failure By Almost Any Measure. But What If The Prisons Could Be Turned Inside Out, With Convicts Released Into Society Under Constant Electronic Surveillance?

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 26 minutes (6,686 words)

How Nike’s CEO Shook Up the Shoe Industry

CEO Mark Parker came by Nike honestly, the way that all the early employees got there, as a “running puke” — “even more extreme than a running geek,” he says — lured by the siren song of an unlimited supply of revolutionary shoes. In the mid-’70s, he was a champion runner for Penn State, part of what was then one of the most scientifically managed track-and-field programs in the country. At 6-foot-4, Parker brushed the scales at 130 pounds. “I looked like a praying mantis,” he says.

Source: Fast Company
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 18 minutes (4,650 words)

Interview with Don DeLillo: ‘I’m Not Trying to Manipulate Reality—This Is What I See and Hear’

Don DeLillo, in a rare interview, talks about living the American dream, growing old and how an art installation inspired his latest novel, Point Omega

Source: The Guardian
Published: Aug 8, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,945 words)

Afghanistan war: How USAID loses hearts and minds

In the Afghanistan war for hearts and minds, USAID lost its battle in Badakshan Province. A USAID contractor claimed this $1 million canal helped triple output for the district of Baharak. But the canal is unfinished.

Published: Jul 28, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,847 words)

The Point of No Return

For The Obama Administration, The Prospect Of A Nuclearized Iran Is Dismal To Contemplate: It Would Create Major New National-Security Challenges And Crush The President’S Dream Of Ending Nuclear Proliferation.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 39 minutes (9,908 words)

The Making of Andrew Cuomo

When you spend time with Andrew Cuomo, it can be easy to forget that a little more than two election cycles ago his personal life was in shambles and his political career appeared to be over.

Published: Aug 11, 2010
Length: 31 minutes (7,812 words)

Poor Little Rich Girls: The Ballad of Sara and Clare Bronfman

Published: Aug 10, 2010
Length: 20 minutes (5,057 words)

Newt Gingrich: The Indispensable Republican

In the twelve years since he resigned in defeat and disgrace, he has been carefully plotting his return to power. As 2012 approaches, he has raised as much money as all of his potential rivals combined and sits atop the polls for the Republican presidential nomination. But just who is Newton Leroy Gingrich, really? An epic and bizarre story of American power in an unsettled age.

Source: Esquire
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 34 minutes (8,547 words)

Alex Bogusky Tells All

Alex Bogusky, advertising Dadaist, postmodern media manipulator, pop-culture Houdini, daddy of 21st-century advertising, and now a seeker of meaning on the dirt path of life, invites me and his monk into the FearLess Cottage. … “So, I have to ask,” I start. “Is there any notion of a midlife crisis in this? You do happen to be 46.” Cradling a cup of chamomile tea, Bogusky releases a quiet laugh. “Yeah, just happen to be,” he smiles. “You know, I’m not completely unaware that that’s what this could be.”

Source: Fast Company
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 22 minutes (5,662 words)