Jonathan Chamberlain’s King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong

Source: Danwei
Published: Aug 26, 2009
Length: 31 minutes (7,898 words)

Katie Roiphe: My Newborn Is Like a Narcotic

Why won’t feminists admit the pleasure of infants?

Source: Double X
Published: Aug 25, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,270 words)

Three Lives, Two Hits, One Happy Ending

Fate chose Marc Buoniconti to be the one left a quadriplegic, but he became the force behind a research center that has saved or improved the lives of other spinal-cord victims. He also brought peace of mind to Henry Mull and Herman Jacobs

Author: S.L. Price
Published: Aug 24, 2009
Length: 32 minutes (8,065 words)

My Name is Roger, and I’m an alcoholic

Published: Aug 25, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,920 words)

Making the Clackity Noise

When I was a percussionist in high school, we were responsible for keeping the jazz band, full orchestra, concert band, and marching band in time, and we did so through a haze of marijuana and hormones and passed-down stories of some guy’s uncle who saw Gene Krupa perform a 12-minute solo using every part of a high hat while eschewing the rest of the kit.

Source: Kung Fu Grippe
Published: Aug 23, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,219 words)

A Bomb in Every Issue

How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America

Source: Truthdig
Published: Aug 21, 2009
Length: 34 minutes (8,701 words)

The Rubber Room

The battle over New York City’s worst teachers.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 31, 2009
Length: 26 minutes (6,560 words)

Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess

At times it has occurred to people that the problems with craigslist could be solved by appealing to its eponym, Craig Newmark. Newmark is under lots of pressure these days.

Author: Gary Wolf
Source: Wired
Published: Aug 24, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,416 words)

Lord of the Bling — Mondo Cavalli

Pioneering animal prints on everything from leather to lamé, then putting Lycra in jeans, Roberto Cavalli made fashion ferociously sexy and fun, both for his celebrity clients (Beyoncé, Bono, the Beckhams, et al.) and for himself.

Author: Mark Seal
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Aug 24, 2009
Length: 19 minutes (4,883 words)

Suddenly Righteous Dudes

Mendocino County, Famously Laid Back, Reconsiders Its Stance on Marijuana

Author: Karl Vick
Source: Washington Post
Published: Jul 27, 2009
Length: 7 minutes (1,897 words)