Fallon and Byrne
Continuing our series where we ask novelists to write restaurant reviews that are absolutely not restaurant reviews, the author of the Southern Reach trilogy meets his match in a Dublin brie.
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Some Facts About the Listicle
The bread and butter of online journalism, epitomized by lists like “The 25 Most Kimye Things That Have Ever Happened,” got its start in a 19th-century column in the New York Times.
September 30, 2014
* US bankruptcy judge has allowed Detroit to continue shutting off water for some of its residents. * Although the Sixth Amendment guarantees "the right to a speedy and public trial," in the Bronx the concept of speedy justice barely exists. * Seventy-five percent of all worldwide migrant deaths in
Dark Markets
A new book captures Chicago’s financial markets at a moment when there are no offers for trades—any trading company’s horror vacui.
September 29, 2014
* Thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to Hong Kong's streets, leading the city to deploy tear gas for the first time in years. * What Hong Kong's protests and Beijing's response share: They could force the public to choose whether to accept China's
September 26, 2014
* FBI identifies ISIS militant in beheading videos of James Foley and Steven J. Sotloff. * In addition to attacks in Iraq and Syria, the US should go after the Islamic State's true safe haven: social media. * ISIS tortures and executes Iraqi women's rights lawyer, Sameera Salih Ali
September 25, 2014
* In Syria, a big risk remains that Assad will benefit the most from the American-led air campaign. * Related: Syrian perspectives on ISIS and the US intervention. * Obama's shift toward realpolitik can be traced in the evolution of his rhetoric. * Cameron to apologize to the Queen for saying
Sorry I’m Not Sorry
Many people in the news are saying sorry, albeit through gritted teeth. Why apologies are essential—especially the non-apology apology—to navigating our modern world.
September 24, 2014
* Officials say that despite claims of a broad coalition, the US is carrying out the vast majority of strikes against ISIS. * The US has now bombed both sides in Syria's civil war, threatening mission creep and a third front in its campaign in the region. * Western nations should
Blues on Wheels
A writer becomes a carrier for the United States Postal Service out of a long-held love for the mail. What she discovers are screams, threats, lies, labor violations, and dog attacks.