Articles Tagged with #death
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Profiles
Mrs. Bundy
For the mother of a serial killer, a chance to connect with victims on live TV offers a shot at redemption.
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Profiles
City to Rapper: Drop Dead
This summer’s ongoing war between Chief Keef and Rahm Emanuel is as much about urban history as holograms.
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A Supposedly Necessary Thing
The Slaughter
To produce food in the form of meat, an animal will be killed. Obvious but significant: You will realize you are about to end a life.
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Video
Twenty-One Videos in the Span of One
A mesmerizing, unique montage.
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Dimensions in Medicine
My Letter From Oliver Sacks
Migraines, 3D magic, and an unlikely correspondence from one “incredibly stereoscopic person” to another.
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The Doctor Is In
Fight or Flight
A near-death experience makes this week’s International Asteroid Day a little more tricky to celebrate.
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Realpolitiking
The Death of Clemency
Clemency is supposed to be a “fail-safe” in our judicial system. Thanks to a handful of powerful, well-paid political appointees, that notion is proving lethally incorrect.
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Spoofs & Satire
Death Means No Reversible Error
Whenever lethal injection drugs are unavailable, Utah will allow death-row prisoners to choose death by firing squad, citing it as the most “humane” option.
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Dispatches
My Time of Not Dying
Call it Kreider’s Law: You can’t be grateful to be alive your entire life. Especially when there’s an arms race going on inside your head.
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Spoofs & Satire
Kafka’s Kickstarter
The latest works from the author will be given with pleasure, and received with thanks, but we need your support.
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Personal Histories
The Gambler
In which the novelist and magician Tim O’Brien makes the author disappear, and a family funeral puts a father’s sleight of hand on full display.
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Dispatches
The Kings of Simcoe County
At an Elvis festival in rural Canada, scores of tribute artists (not “impersonators”) pay homage to the King. When searching for the meaning of it all, try not to overthink it.