Media Has Become a Kind of Reverse Roach Motel …

And Other Thoughts From New York Times Columnist David Carr on the Pursuit of Truth … and What Happens Next

Source: AdAge
Published: Jun 5, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,529 words)

An Extremely Awkward Encounter with Larry David

Over a bowl of soup with another older Jewish man, the Curb Your Enthusiasm auteur discusses the Seinfeld curse (“so annoying”), acting for Woody Allen (“very daunting”), and hitting his peak (“no one wants to see this old man on TV”).

Author: Scott Raab
Source: Esquire
Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,411 words)

Upon Sober Reflection, Bahrain Reconsiders the Wages of Sin

Island Reliant Upon Debauched Visits From Thirsty Saudis Looks to Clean Up

Published: Jun 9, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,202 words)

Four Days on the Border

An American kid hired as an assassin for a Mexican drug cartel sits in a safe house in Laredo and brags about his hits and the one he’s planning next — only this time Texas police are watching.

Source: Esquire
Published: Jun 28, 2009
Length: 48 minutes (12,220 words)

How I Found My Voice

In a personal essay, the acclaimed singer recalls the origins of her childhood stutter, the lengths she went to overcome it, and the boy who made it all OK.

Source: Daily Beast
Published: Jun 7, 2009
Length: 12 minutes (3,036 words)

The Economy Is Still at the Brink

We are sympathetic to the extraordinary challenge President Obama faces, but if we’ve learned anything at all two years into the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes, it is that a capital-markets system this dependent on public confidence is a shockingly inadequate foundation upon which to rest our economy.

Published: Jun 7, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,828 words)

Prisoners Run Gangs, Plan Escapes and Even Order Hits With Smuggled Cellphones

Inmates aren’t allowed to have cell phones in any US prison, let alone on death row. But the 21st century’s ubiquitous communications tools are nonetheless turning up by the thousands in lockups not just in Texas but across the US and around the world.

Source: Wired
Published: May 22, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,719 words)

How to Deal With a Dictator

North Korea’s recent nuclear test is the regime’s latest act of dangerous defiance. This time around, a new, tougher response is needed.

Published: Jun 6, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,529 words)

A Deception, and a Reluctance to Ask Questions

Last month, after actual veterans uncovered his deceptions, Richard Strandlof was detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and then arrested by the Denver police on an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license. The veterans group he helped create, the Colorado Veterans Alliance, has disbanded. And now Mr. Strandlof, apparently penniless, remains in jail on $1,000 bail.

Published: Jun 7, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,398 words)

Caring for Your Introvert

The habits and needs of a little-understood group

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Mar 1, 2003
Length: 5 minutes (1,376 words)