A Relationship of Mutual Exploitation
An interesting look at how Hollywood interacts with the Pentagon, and what kind of Hollywood projects get Pentagon approval.
The Heirs
Ochs-Sulzberger family politics. Three heirs are being considered to be the next publisher of The New York Times. Two work on the editorial side of the paper, while one has focused on business.
‘Space Jam’ Forever: The Website That Wouldn’t Die
In 1996, the ‘Space Jam’ website was a pioneering example of how a studio could market a film online; in 2010, it went viral.
Our Sex Education: A Reading List
Here are nine stories about modern-day sex education and our history with bad sex ed classes.
The Tenant From Hell
A Toronto couple unwittingly sublets their house to a serial fraudster who turns it into an illegal boarding house, cramming it with temporary walls and some fifteen tenants.
A Common Language
A profile of Ron Capps, an Army combat veteran and former Foreign Service officer who served in Iraq, Darfur, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Eastern Congo and Kosovo during his career. After returning home, Capps was suicidal and haunted by PTSD; writing brought him relief and helped him make sense of his experiences.
Abolish High School
(Metered paywall.) Rebecca Solnit explores the downsides of high school culture, and why we need to reconsider it.
Welcome to Maternity Hotel California
A look at the underground birth tourism industry, in which foreigners visit another country to have a baby. Carlson tells the story of a Chinese couple who paid $35,000 to stay at a maternity hotel in Los Angeles and have their baby and give him U.S. citizenship.
Loving Books in a Dark Age
In the “dark ages” of Europe, people began reading silently to themselves, and a love of books and learning took hold, pioneered by Bede. An excerpt from The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe.
The Oral History of the Launch of Epicurious
Recent history: How to put together a website in 1995 when very few people understood how to put together websites.
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