And While It Lasted, It Was Wonderful
For nearly a century, a summer enclave on the edge of Staten Island offered restoration to a small group of city-weary New Yorkers. A look back after last summer’s close of Cedar Grove.
Archive
A collection of 14289 issues
14 October 2010: Morning
A detailed look into the Medicare fraud scheme--doctors, patients unknowingly played a role. One miner ran several miles a day. How diet and exercise shattered dire predictions by topsiders. U.S. brokers peace talks between Afghan government, Taliban, whose factiousness makes progress uncertain. Inside the saga of Amina Masood
14 October 2010: Afternoon
Pope creates department to re-Christianize "interior desert" of the secular world's soul. Former Joint Chiefs Chairman blames Iraq war "fiasco" on Rumsfeld and Franks, saying flatly the war was pointless. Vet suggests suicides might drop among soldiers if garrison life had less paperwork,
Just Criminalize It
California looks to legalize pot in November—and that, in many ways, would be a crime. An argument against political causes involving dreadlocked alien masks.
13 October 2010: Morning
With so many similarities between today's U.S. economy and Japan's '90s fumbles, Bernanke may dust off his fighting words. "We get a lot of dogs in here for Adderall toxicity." D.C. veterinary hospital receives a lot of animals on drugs. Explosives
13 October 2010: Afternoon
Former Kim Jong-il favorite son "Fat Bear" says he's against his brother's succession, but has no regrets. Lehrer: Intuitive choices beat conscious deliberation in decision-making; deliberation, in fact, can be worse than random chance. Google to finance underwater "superhighway" to
12 October 2010: Morning
With profits and exports piling up, U.S. agriculture is surging--cotton prices alone are at a 15-year high. Historians, historical re-enactors trade quotes over whether you should dress up like a Nazi on the weekend. From the Attic: How can I become a historical re-enactor? A
Third and Goal
For the Aurora High School Rattlers, homecoming was a chance to show the crosstown rivals who was boss. Too bad Sloat Tatum found himself distracted when the cleats hit the field.
12 October 2010: Afternoon
Chilean miners agree not to let only one person profit from their story. Celebrities citing drunkenness or exhaustion to excuse racist outbursts may have a point, but whether or not one's "really" racist isn't it. Study suggests accusing men of sexism makes them less
Family
We'll just come out and say it: A lot of photography and art books pass across our desk each year, and Chris Verene’s “Family” (Twin Palms) is the finest we've seen in 2010.