Can One Good Man Redeem a Nation for the Sins of Guantánamo?
As the Obama administration prepares to try the 9/11 plotters in military tribunals, David Iglesias stands at the ready to prosecute them — and maybe just save the legacy of the White House that fired him #Sept11
Robert Downey Jr.: The Second Greatest Actor in the World
Finally back on the A-list, Robert Downey Jr. is getting the respect — and the money — he deserves. But is he getting just a little dizzy up there?
John Demjanjuk: The Last Nazi
Funny thing is, he was never a Nazi, nor Ivan the Terrible, nor even German. So why now is he standing trial in Munich as accessory to 27,900 Nazi murders?
We’ve Seen the Future, and It’s Unmanned
Every so often in history, something profound happens that changes warfare forever. Next year, for the first time ever, the Pentagon will buy more unmanned aircraft than manned.
Please Be Seated. Guy Ritchie’s Life Will Begin Shortly.
His marriage to Madonna behind him, and the potential blockbuster Sherlock Holmes here, the director has a lot on his mind. But he can explain it all with three simple truths.
The Deal of the Century
As the people who ran Wall Street struggled to avert a complete economic collapse, an epic battle for power and, above all, cash was being waged between Barclays and JPMorgan Chase. How Bob Diamond walked away with everything he wanted.
Bill Clinton, Then and Now: The Esquire Interview
In a sprawling discussion of his past and our common future, the former president compares his administration’s early years with Obama’s and talks about what he believes — in health care and next year’s midterms — is about to happen
The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!
Now one of America’s most legendary authors, Tom Wolfe broke out onto the national literary scene at age thirty-four with this breathless piece — an early step in the so-called New Journalism, a first reference for the term “good ol’ boy,” a deep breath into the future of the New South.
The Last Kennedy
Remember Ted Kennedy with this in-depth portrait of the senator from Massachusetts as a young man — not yet a lion, but working for a legacy all his own
The New American Religion Behind the Growing American Rage
And the Oklahoma man — eighth-grade teacher by day, militant blogger by night — who may personify it more than any of the conservatives who, when the town halls pass, may be pointing the way to a holy war that goes way beyond health care