Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Man confesses to killing boy who vanished 33 years ago. Story haunted New Yorkers, as did the boy's picture: "Forever young, like a shaggy-haired boy king, counterposed with all of the ideas of what could have happened to his body"
"Being wealthy and feeling rich are often inversely correlated. In a room full of rich men, only one doesn’t feel poor by comparison. This lesson is often overlooked in the ongoing debate over income inequality"
Zetas drug cartel was formed by ex-special forces soldiers. It now has more than 10,000 men under arms. And a deserved reputation for unspeakable violence in its drive to dominate the lucrative drug trade with the US
Playing fields have long been segregated on the basis of sex. But what happens those whose physiology doesn't match their gender identity? Against whom do they compete? What obstacles do they face? And how are they being treated?
"I want to challenge the received wisdom about difference, diversity and multiculturalism. I want to question what we mean by diversity and contest the claim that racism and multiculturalism are concepts at opposite ends of a pole"
Dan Rothstein believes we need to learn to question more effectively. It's a skill that should be considered as important as literacy or numeracy. “It’s essential to democracy. You want citizens to be able to ask good questions"
The play, Clybourne Park, has become a cultural fixture during the Obama presidency. It suggests that, when it comes to race in America, not much has changed over the past half-century. "It is the audacity of rage, not hope"
The Obama government has rationalised its failure to prosecute anyone (literally, anyone at all) for bubble-related crimes by saying that while much of Wall St's behaviour was unwise or unethical, it wasn't illegal. What rubbish
Good question, good answer. "If by contract you mean 'a contract as typically defined at law', which is to say a contract that has most of the legal consequences that a typical contract has, then the answer is: Largely not"
Son's plea to let his mother go. "By promoting longevity and technologically inhibiting death, we have created a new biological status held by an ever-growing part of the nation, a no-exit state nearly as remote from life as death"
Notes on translation. "Every language has its tics. The French are so fond of long, rambling sentences that when you use a French keyboard, you have to press the shift key to get a full stop — yet the semi-colon is right there" ($)
Report from high-security prison in Norway. Where rehabilitation is focus, not retribution. Prisoners include murderers, paedophiles. Yet every cell has flat-screen TV and private shower. Warden can't remember last fight
"Give us a world where half our institutions are run by women"
"I may not agree with you, but I'll defend to the death my right to tell you to shut up"
