The Magnetar Trade: How One Hedge Fund Helped Keep the Bubble Going

Source: Pro Publica
Published: Apr 9, 2010
Length: 23 minutes (5,995 words)

Rachel Uchitel Is Not a Madam

[Not single-page] And the bottle girls who work at clubs are not prostitutes. As Tiger Woods’s very public escapades through the 21st-century courtesan economy suggest, it’s all much more complicated than that.

Published: Apr 4, 2010
Length: 48 minutes (12,208 words)

Biography of Usain Bolt, Mutant

In just two years, he has demolished the 100-meter dash world records with times that are superhuman — literally thirty years ahead of what they historically should be. So what if the greatest athlete alive decided to actually get serious?

Source: Esquire
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 36 minutes (9,076 words)

A Bad Morning at The New York Times

On “My Times in Black and White: Race and Power at The New York Times,” by Gerald M. Boyd

Published: Apr 29, 2010
Length: 18 minutes (4,703 words)

The Comeback Country

How America pulled itself back from the brink—and why it’s destined to stay on top.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Apr 9, 2010
Length: 10 minutes (2,632 words)

Blood in the Streets of Bishkek

My two days running with the mob in Kyrgyzstan.

Author: Ben Judah
Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Apr 9, 2010
Length: 10 minutes (2,543 words)

The State of the Internet Operating System

Published: Mar 29, 2010
Length: 62 minutes (15,540 words)

Midnight Revolution

The day an X-rated walk on the dark side called “Midnight Cowboy” won the Oscar for best picture, a new generation came to power in Hollywood. Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, and others remember how they helped director John Schlesinger rewrite the rules on a project that was every bit as risky as its subject matter.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Apr 1, 2000
Length: 36 minutes (9,204 words)

Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School?

In recent years, hundreds of schools have made these transactions more businesslike, experimenting with paying kids with cold, hard cash for showing up or getting good grades or, in at least one case, going another day without getting pregnant. I have not met a child who does not admire this trend. But it makes adults profoundly uncomfortable.

Source: Time
Published: Apr 8, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,408 words)

Climate Change – Building a Green Economy

How we can afford to tackle climate change.

Published: Apr 7, 2010
Length: 10 minutes (2,503 words)