New Yorker
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The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. Originally a weekly, the magazine is now published 47 times per year with five (usually more expansive) issues covering two-week spans. Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the cultural life of New York City, The New Yorker has a wide audience outside of New York. It is well known for its commentaries on popular culture and eccentric Americana; its attention to modern fiction by the inclusion of short stories and literary reviews; its rigorous ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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The Real I.R.S. Scandal
Jeffrey Toobin / News Desk: The Real I.R.S. Scandal — Washington's scandal machinery, rusty from recent disuse, is cranking back up to speed due to the alleged targeting ...via Memeorandum -
Declan Walsh, Expelled
The bodies surface quietly, like corks bobbing up in the dark. They come in twos and threes, a few times a week, dumped on desolate mountains or empty city roads, bearing the ...via Google News -
Terrible News About Carbon and Climate Change
This past Thursday, the daily average atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, as measured by the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, passed four hundred parts per million. ...via Google News -
A Heady Vote in Pakistan
In some places, the fears were realized. By the evening, twenty-two people were killed in attacks on voters across the country. In the frontline city of Peshawar, a motorcycle ...via Google News -
Susan Orlean: The power of walking while working.
I am writing this while walking on a treadmill. And now you know the biggest problem with working at a treadmill desk: the compulsion to announce constantly that you are ...via New Yorker -
Rebecca Mead: New ways to care for people with dementia.
Last summer, Frederick C. Hayes was admitted to the advanced-dementia unit at Jewish Home Lifecare, on West 106th Street. It was not an easy arrival. Hayes, a veteran of the ...via New Yorker -
Nathan Heller: Has the future of college moved online?
Gregory Nagy, a professor of classical Greek literature at Harvard, is a gentle academic of the sort who, asked about the future, will begin speaking of Homer and the battles ...via New Yorker -
Mindy Kaling: Inventing the perfect kissing device.
One of the great perks of my job is that I regularly get to kiss men—often married men—with zero repercussions for anyone involved. Obviously, I am playing a character, ...via New Yorker -
Michael Specter: Wind power takes flight.
One day in 1993, while sitting on a beach in Maui, Don Montague watched as a friend strapped on a pair of water skis, harnessed himself to a kite, and tried to surf. It ...via New Yorker -
Margaret Atwood: The advantages of a robotic game warden.
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there is a warehouse filled with discontinued merchandise, which has been nicknamed the Museum of Failed Products. Inside, one can learn about the line ...via New Yorker



