Taking the Plunge: Red Bull Photo Contest Winners
The 2013 competition has some terrific winners.
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Aaron Hernandez Was a Bad Boy
That’s what Rolling Stone magazine says in a new investigative piece.
Harvard Asks: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?
And yes, they do mean men.
Remembering Marian McPartland
Saluting “the genteel Englishwoman who became a fixture of the American jazz scene.”
Elmore Leonard is Dead at Age 87, Alas
The esteemed crime and western novelist who wrote Get Shorty and Out of Sight has died a few weeks after suffering a stroke.
Oscar Pistorius Indicted For Murder
The South African Olympics star faces charges of murder and illegal possession of ammo in the death of his girlfriend.
Happy Birthday, Charles Bukowski
Writer Charles Bukowski was born in Germany on 16 August 1920. He was drunk by 17 August 1920.
Four Short Documentaries
See four short films about loss. Not cry-your-eyes-out grief — tales of loss that are both wistful and hopeful.
World Goes Nuts Over Bad Jerry Lewis Movie
Yes, it’s redundant to say “bad Jerry Lewis” movie, but footage of his famously bad clown-in-a-concentration camp movie has been released. That is, footage from the making of it.
Whitey Bulger Found Guilty
Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was found guilty of a whole lotta crimes, including 11 murders.
Post No Bills
Pranksters in Portland respond to a golf course’s call for order.
James Wan Biography: New!
Read our profile of James Wan, the director of Saw, and see my brief review of his latest movie, The Conjuring.
Bread Trucks and Breakthroughs: Notes from the Early Days of Educational Computing
A look back from someone who was there: at Douglas Englebart’s famous 1968 San Francisco demo, and at the bright early days of computers in schools.
The Walter Mitty Trailer Looks a Little Too Deeply Meaningful
Please, no more life lessons from comedy heavyweights!
The Jane Austen 10-Pound Note: Did the Bank of England Bungle the Quote?
The words are all right, but the meaning is all wrong.
Pope Francis on Gay People: ‘Who Am I To Judge?’
The new straight-talking Pope is wasting no time shaking things up.
Rafael Nadal Flies Randomly Through the Air
Summer in Spain, where tennis stars are catapulted through the skies.
Who is Rosalind Franklin, and Why is Google Running a Doodle for Her?
For a primer on the whole Rosalind Franklin controversy, read on.
Taylor Schilling Biography — and Her Birthday!
We have a new profile of Taylor Schilling, the star of the new Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. And, as it happens, it’s her birthday.
The Incorrigible Weiner — I Mean, “Carlos Danger”
New York mayoral candidate and sex scandal veteran Anthony Weiner has been once again caught having online sex chats, this time as “Carlos Danger.”