January 15, 2014
- Four years after he went missing, video surfaces of the only U.S. soldier held captive by the Taliban.
- Thorough explainer of what you need to know about this week's net neutrality decision.
- What's it like to live as a gay family in Russia today? "To be silent. That's it."
- The nation’s worst municipal water contamination occurred in Milwaukee in 1993, when an outbreak of the Cryptosporidium parasite killed 69.
- The graham cracker was designed as part of a comprehensive diet and lifestyle system to fight sexual desire.
- Ariel Sharon embodied the political theology of the binding of Isaac: the Jewish state first, morality second.
- Now that his idol's making fun of him, hardcore Springsteen fan Christie can only respond with humor and humility.
- "If a time traveler saw a smartphone."
- San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh will not be denied his $8 Walmart khakis.
- Study finds ultramarathoners appear healthier and report fewer missed work or school days due to illness or injury.
- "I tried the hardest puzzle on the internet and failed spectacularly."
- Malaysian government bans fast-food restaurants from hiring more foreigners.
- Sex worker’s open letter to the Australian media.
- Photographs from the Dakar Rally, a two-week off-roading adventure through South America.
- Diagnosing mental disorder in those who have passed onto another plane of existence isn’t the easiest form of mental health assessment.
- Blog tracks the longest unsupported polar journey in history, currently ongoing.
- See also: Former pastor decides to blog about spending a year as an atheist.
- Enjoyable scathing Times review of New York's Bistro at Villard Michel Richard.