A Weekend in Texas with ZeroHedge Readers
An unofficial conference for readers of the conspiratorially-minded finance blog ZeroHedge brings a host of largely male, mostly conservative readers (and reporter Alexandra Scaggs) to the small, left-leaning town of Marfa, Texas. Prepare for Bitcoin and specialized jeans with room for four knives in this first of a three-part series.
After Marriage Equality, to Party or to Protest?
Two years after the passage of the Marriage Equality Act, Spenser Mestel looks back on his mixed emotions that day and his difficulty celebrating, particularly in light of four Supreme Court Justices dissenting.
Meet Nevada’s Cow Cops
They don’t have their own Law & Order spin off yet, but they should. These are the men and women of law enforcement who investigate certain strains of agricultural crime. These are their stories.
Guy Fieri on the Triple D Decade, Vegan Nachos, and Why You Shouldn’t Eat Frozen Pizza
Ten years and three presidents later, the Mayor of Flavortown goes all-out Elder Statesman. (And also reveals the origins of “Slamma jamma I love that lamb-a!”)
Nina Simone in Liberia
Katherina Grace Thomas weaves together a gripping account of the years Nina Simone found freedom from America’s racial strife in lush, pre-Civil War Liberia.
My Dentist’s Murder Trial
James Lasdun tells the story of how his Kingston, NY-based dentist, Gilberto Nunez, D.D.S., wound up in prison. Lasdun writes about attending Nunez’s trial for the murder of his lover’s husband — a man he called his friend — with an eye toward the ways in which law enforcement can botch a case by determining too soon that it knows what happened, and how hard it can be to judge someone’s character.
Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax
What depression was to the 1990s anxiety is to right now, growing from a medical condition into our national sociological state. What’s happening?
The Super Predators
Domestic abuse by police officers is underreported and less likely to lead to prosecution. It also forces victims to seek help from police departments eager to protect their own.
The Persistance of Prog Rock
If the ‘prog’ in prog rock meant “progressive,” did this form of synthy jazz rock ever achieve its high art future? It certainly generated legions of fans and haters.
Elizabeth Wurtzel Interview
Singer-songwriter Liz Phair interviews author Elizabeth Wurtzel on the occasion of the 20-year reissuing of Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, originally published in 1997. The two discuss writing memoir vs. writing fiction (Phair herself is at work on a novel and a book of linked essays), feminism, motherhood, and music.
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