Bill Keller, the former executive editor of the New York Times, has made no secret of his rocky relationship with secret-spilling organization WikiLeaks. Keller, as the chief of the paper in 2010, collaborated with WikiLeaks to …
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The Higgs Boson Is Like…Justin Bieber? A Giraffe?
Our favorite ridiculous physics analogies of the past week.
‘Good-Grade Pills’: How High School Students Are Using Prescription Drugs to Get Ahead
Behind many high-achieving high school students lies a dependence on prescription stimulants, according to a report in the New York Times.
Ex-Goldman Sachs Exec Who Resigned in Op-Ed Gets Million-Dollar Book Deal
For one ex-employee, at least, it’s lucrative to rail against the Vampire Squid. Former Goldman Sachs executive, Greg Smith — who memorably resigned from his long-time company in Jerry Maguire-style using a bombshell New York …
Has Spring Break Been ‘Facebooked Into Respectability’?
Thanks to social media, college kids’ vacation plans might be just a little tamer from now on.
Disgraced Journalist Jayson Blair Is Now a Life Coach
The New York Times calls his scandal ‘a low point in the 152-year history of the newspaper.’ So what’s he up to? Giving life tips, of course.
“I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship.”
Yale Quarterback’s Rhodes Choice: Can We Believe Any Feel-Good Sports Stories?
Patrick Witt supposedly turned down a Rhodes scholarship interview to play against Harvard. But new allegations may dim the media glow around him.
Some Critics Skeptical About Jodi Kantor’s New Book, The Obamas
Corrections appended, 9:33 a.m. Jan. 11
Jodi Kantor’s White House tell-all The Obamas (Little, Brown and Company; $29.99) hit bookstores Tuesday, but some of the juiciest details have been aired online for days.
The …
Celebrating Festivus: A Guide to the Holiday Created ‘For the Rest of Us’
You probably need no telling that Festivus, celebrated on Dec. 23, was immortalized in the classic 1997 Seinfeld episode “The Strike.” If you needed telling, the above video should put you on the path to …
Sandusky Speaks Again: Was He Believable This Time?
His first interview did him more harm than good. On Nov. 14, Jerry Sandusky spoke via phone with NBC’s Bob Costas and effectively admitted to “horsing around” with a young boy in the Penn State showers. But now the former …
Lana Peters, Stalin’s Only Daughter, Dies at 85 After Turbulent Life
She wandered the world for much of her Cold War-era life, amid several defections and homecomings, and married four times. But it appears Lana Peters was ultimately unable to escape the haunting reminders of her tyrant father, …