Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps

Prohibition couldn’t have happened without Wheeler, who foisted temperance on a thirsty nation 90 years ago

Source: Smithsonian
Published: May 1, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,285 words)

A Man Who Could Be Me

In this exclusive excerpt from The Council of Dads, Bruce Feiler, having just been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, asks a dear friend to be a father to his young twin daughters. Plus: Read how Bruce Feiler formed The Council of Dads.

Source: The Daily Beast
Published: Apr 27, 2010
Length: 6 minutes (1,593 words)

Babies Suck: The Twisted History of Pacifiers

The study that launched a thousand parenting nightmares. They’ve been blamed for everything from masturbation to drug abuse. No wonder I can’t bear to let my son use one

Source: Salon
Published: Apr 26, 2010
Length: 5 minutes (1,372 words)

Weird Science

Testimony from forensic experts can be the most persuasive evidence presented at trial, but often juries don’t realize that the analysis of hair, fire, and even fingerprints may not be so scientific.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: May 1, 2010
Length: 34 minutes (8,530 words)

The Patron Saint (and Scourge) of Lost Schools

[Not single-page] Eva Moskowitz, the controversial leader of the fastest-growing charter network in the city, wants to save New York public education by, in a sense, destroying it.

Published: Apr 25, 2010
Length: 19 minutes (4,843 words)

The Pin Kings

Five young Massachusetts guys want to reignite competitive candlepin bowling. Can they pull it off?

Source: Boston Globe
Published: Apr 25, 2010
Length: 12 minutes (3,156 words)

Henry Luce, the Editor in Chief

The life of Henry Luce, creator of Time and Life, who used his magazines to push political favorites and promote U.S. intervention in the world.

Published: Apr 25, 2010
Length: 9 minutes (2,359 words)

The Revolution Will Be Commercialized

[Not single-page] Sarah Palin is already president of right-wing America — and it’s a position with a very big salary.

Published: Apr 25, 2010
Length: 24 minutes (6,139 words)

I Am Sorry to Inform You

In 2008 Joyce Carol Oates lost the husband—Raymond Smith—to whom she’d been married for 48 years. Her recollections of those harrowing early days of widowhood provide a glimpse of Oates as a teacher of writers and as caretaker of the literary magazine she and her husband kept in print for so long.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Apr 26, 2010
Length: 18 minutes (4,638 words)

The Stones and the True Story of Exile on Main St.

It’s nearly 40 years since the Rolling Stones fled to the French Riviera and recorded their masterpiece, “Exile on Main St.” On the eve of its relaunch, Sean O’Hagan marvels that the album was made at all…

Source: The Guardian
Published: Apr 25, 2010
Length: 13 minutes (3,386 words)