Salix Polaris
Portraits of scientists, explorers, and other “professional dreamers” who have found their way to the North Pole.
Archive
A collection of 14284 issues
June 16, 2014
* Their only protection was a sheet, painted with the words “children, children, children,” that was taped around the minivan. * The crisis in Iraq has brought about unprecedented levels of post-1979 US-Iran cooperation. * Palestinian woman plants flowers in tear gas grenades. * On the life of Haruki Murakami. * Some pig:
June 13, 2014
* Sunni fighters captured two more Iraqi towns overnight in a "lightning sweep" towards Baghdad. * Sixty-five-year-old woman stayed in her house for two years because of the violence in Homs, Syria. * Newsweek journalist finds inanity in George Will's archive. * Brief history of the fiasco
Girl With the Old English Tattoo
A court order is found buried in a desk. A private detective is hired. But tracking down a doppelgänger is not the same as confronting one.
June 12, 2014
* Mass shootings in the US aren't on the rise—media coverage of mass shootings is. * Last month, the Iraqi government fruitlessly asked US to airstrike militants. * Related: Dexter Filkins on Iraq. * After more than 50 years of boots-on-the-ground intervention, the US should reconsider its military-
June 11, 2014
* To stock cheap shrimp at Walmart and Costco, Asian "ghost ships" use slave labor. * Why Cantor lost his primary to the Tea Party: Maybe immigration, likely his DC insider status, possibly Obama. * There have been at least 74 school shootings in the US since Sandy Hook. * You can
The Absolute Minimum
Highlights from a reading of 200-plus letters to the editor, from newspapers in all 50 states, to determine what Crazy America thinks about raising—or lowering—the minimum wage.
One Crazy Summer
Here comes summer, when the yoke of responsibility loosens. We all have our past indiscretions, but they’re too sordid to sign our names to—so we’ve removed the names and rearranged the text to protect the guilty.
June 10, 2014
* Democrats say broad acceptance of the need to fight climate change makes a carbon plan a winning issue. * President Obama just did something he hasn’t done in years: speak frankly and passionately about his views on climate change. * More than one-quarter of Israelis want to get rid of
June 9, 2014
* Armed gunmen storm Pakistan's busiest airport, throwing grenades and shooting government security forces. * Online bookseller for the Middle East to open a banned books section. * New season of Orange Is the New Black sparks "Humanity Is the New Black" campaign to improve conditions at the show&