Blood, rage & history: The world’s first terrorists

We think of jihadism as a modern creation, but a major new TV film reveals how the 19th-century anarchist movement was equally nihilistic – and equally deadly.

Source: Independent
Published: Oct 12, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,069 words)

Offensive Play

How different are dogfighting and football?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Oct 19, 2009
Length: 31 minutes (7,820 words)

Please Be Seated. Guy Ritchie’s Life Will Begin Shortly.

His marriage to Madonna behind him, and the potential blockbuster Sherlock Holmes here, the director has a lot on his mind. But he can explain it all with three simple truths.

Source: Esquire
Published: Nov 1, 2009
Length: 25 minutes (6,409 words)

Norman Rockwell’s American Dream

America is re-discovering one of its most underappreciated and misunderstood artists: Norman Rockwell.

Author: David Kamp
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Nov 1, 2009
Length: 25 minutes (6,254 words)

Putting America’s Diet on a Diet

On his first day in Huntington, W. Va., Jamie Oliver spent the afternoon at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, pitching in to cook its signature 15-pound burger. That’s 10 pounds of meat, 5 pounds of custom-made bun, American cheese, tomatoes, onions, pickles, ketchup, mustard and mayo. Then he learned how to perfect the Home Wrecker, the eatery’s famous 15-inch, one-pound hot dog (boil first, then grill in butter).

Published: Oct 6, 2009
Length: 18 minutes (4,619 words)

Rape Culture 101

Source: Shakesville
Published: Oct 9, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,462 words)

Not So Fast

Scientific management started as a way to work. How did it become a way of life?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Oct 12, 2009
Length: 22 minutes (5,536 words)

Inside the Crisis

Larry Summers and the White House economic team.

Author: Ryan Lizza
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Oct 12, 2009
Length: 46 minutes (11,597 words)

In Pursuit of the Wild Cohiba

Two Semi-Intrepid Travelers Meditate (With The Help Of A Great Deal Of Puffing) On The Cuban Communist Roots Of An American Capitalist Icon.

Source: The Believer
Published: Oct 1, 2009
Length: 30 minutes (7,510 words)

Devices Claim to Teach Babies Before Birth; Experts Unsure.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Sep 29, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,588 words)