Excellent Japanese whiskies were easy to come by, until suddenly they weren’t. What happened? And why can’t one whisky aficionado let go?
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Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
California’s Housing Crisis Is About Jobs, Not Houses
It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.
Posted inQuotes
He Seemed Like the Real Thing, Until He Wasn’t
Christopher Goffard’s seven-part series on a dangerous Orange County con man is an astonishing tale of love and violence.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Kingdom from Dust
Stewart Resnick is the world’s largest irrigated farmer. He lives in Beverly Hills and has never driven a tractor. His California empire of fruit, almonds and pistachios helped turn the state’s nut boom into a national controversy, thanks in part to his wife Lynda Resnick’s ingenious branding of their crops as healthy snacks. Despite the […]
Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
When Richard Nixon Declared War on the Media
Jim Acosta isn’t the first reporter to be barred from the White House—when Stuart Loory reported on the possibility that Richard Nixon was bilking taxpayers, he found himself on the president’s enemies list.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Price of Tuition-Free College
Tuition-free college is a reality in California. The catch is that eligible students can’t always afford rent, food, or books.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2018: Essays
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Casting Out Satan and Your Religious Upbringing
How one woman struggled to make sense of the exorcisms she witnessed as a child.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Can This Tech Company’s Digital Border Wall Secure it More Government Defense Contracts?
Looking inside the new tech company who is building a cost-effective digital wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inNonfiction
The Shames of Men
An anthropologist on a return visit to a remote village in Papua New Guinea learns that all the village’s young men are terribly wounded.
