“Determined to find adventure in my own backyard, I tramped across my famously pedestrian-averse hometown. The most memorable part turned out to be the serendipitous encounters with neighbors I met along the way.”
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He Tried to Save Himself. He Killed An 11-Year-Old Instead.
“’If you’re going to classify this story in any way, the story that you classify it as is a tragedy.’”
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Does Anyone Still Hitchhike?
“Traveling by thumb isn’t popular anymore. Some say it should be.”
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He Was a Legendary Newsroom Colleague. Turned Out He Had a Secret Past
“How an unexpected email led me to crack the mystery of Charles Saunders.”
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Mal à la Tête
“My neurologist says anything can be a headache. Or rather, a headache can cause anything, since all sensations start in the brain.”
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Filthy Matters
“Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms.”
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How to Survive a Purge: The Secret Diary of a DoJ Staffer
“A lawyer struggles with their conscience. New colleagues are watching.”
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The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion
“A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?”
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Age, Sex, Location
Chatrooms taught me everything I needed to know about what real people were like before I had to grow up and become one of them.
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Conversations With Claude
“What a psychotherapist learned during his chats with a large language model.”
