Voices On Addiction: Speaking Ill Of The Dead
“It’s easier to be angry at a presence than an absence. It’s easier to push against the person who is doing things wrong than the person who is doing nothing at all.”
‘A Good Death’
“Everyone talks about living a good life, but people need to talk openly about ways to have a good death.”
Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy
“His sketch show, ‘I Think You Should Leave,’ zeroes in on the panic-inducing feelings of living in a society where we can’t agree on the rules.”
Ingenious Librarians
“A group of 1970s campus librarians foresaw our world of distributed knowledge and research, and designed search tools for it.”
‘The Simpsons’ Is Good Again
“After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance.”
A Catatonic Woman Awakened After 20 Years. Her Story May Change Psychiatry.
“After months of targeted treatments — and more than two decades trapped in her mind — April woke up.”
In the American West, a Clown Motel and a Cemetery Tell a Story of Kitsch and Carnage
“In Tonopah, Nevada, the victims of a ‘Death Harvest’ rest in the shadow of a haunted lodge.”
The Explosive Legacy of the Pandemic Hand Sanitizer Boom
“Three years ago, the FDA declared a manufacturing free-for-all. Now a noxious brew of leftover product is catching fire and making people sick.”
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