America Hits the Reset Button
The nation’s economic future is not as dire as it seems, Kurt Andersen argues in Reset. The country has been here before—and will survive again.
Did Warren Burger Create the Health Care Mess?
The 1975 antitrust decision that gave you physician-owned hospitals.
iTablet: My hero’s journey
Let me start on a side note: Dear netbook makers, whoever you are — I don’t know your names because we don’t pay any attention to you, but we know you’re out there, polluting the world with your cheap, ugly, underpowered machines — but here is my command: Surrender and prepare to be boarded.
Bright Lights, Big Internet
In their scope, both the Internet and New York are profoundly humbling: young people accustomed to feeling special about their gifts are inevitably jarred, upon arrival, to discover just how many others are trying to do precisely the same, with equal or greater success.
Doubt
A professor, a genocide, and NBC’s quest for a prime-time hit.
Gay at Yale: How Things Changed
Yale history professor George Chauncey, from his remarks at the Yale Gay and Lesbian Alumni (GALA) reunion in April.
A Friendly Chat: Greg Karais, Yukon Enthusiast and Publisher of Four Profitable Magazines with Wily Business Models–and a 20-Hour Workweek
“Yukon, North of Ordinary was based as an in-flight magazine. So what we did, the first two years, we put a lot of locals in the magazine, to build loyalty with the locals. And there is also a huge loyalty to Air North, because they broke Canadian Air, or Air Canada’s prices. Air Canada used to have outrageous prices, and with Air North, the fares got a lot cheaper. So there’s a lot of loyalty to them. So we put a lot of people in the magazine, so people would go, oh I know that person. It literally feels like everybody in the Yukon knows someone that’s been in the magazine.”
Michael
Michael Jackson died a long time ago, and it’s taken years for anyone to notice.
In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be Valuable
High-tech gear, while helping to reduce casualties, remains a mere supplement to the most sensitive detection system of all — the human brain. Troops on the ground, using only their senses and experience, are responsible for foiling many I.E.D. attacks, and, like Sergeant Tierney, they often cite a gut feeling or a hunch as their first clue.
A New Page
Can the Kindle really improve on the book?
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