In January, from taxes and fees.
No debris has been found yet.
From "Uncle Earl."
"Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat."
It actively hid Japanese engineers from reporters.
Over the chairman's business dealings.
Before she vetoed it.
Metro boom.
And react to the voices of more dangerous tribes.
Performance of a lifetime.
Sunday's finale of 'True Detective' was the perfect conclusion to a series that has come close to perfection. To stick around any longer would have broken the spell.
The Oprah Winfrey-produced Lindsay Lohan docuseries is the most anxiety-inducing hour of television I’ve ever seen. And I loved every second of it.
All countries must stop their lies and self-destructive posturing or pay costs they’re loath to admit.
Morning Joe’s witty, highly caffeinated brand of repartee has made it a must-watch for the New York to Beltway political and media elite but it has never been mistaken for a lion’s den.Yet New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio found himself besieged ...
New York’s mayor was pummeled on everything from his plans to evict charter schools to the city’s snowstorms.
Contrary to conventional media wisdom, this week’s CPAC proved Republicans are likely going to put a formidable team on the presidential field in 2016—and they’ll have at least one advantage going into the election: Their primaries are going to be...
Without an obvious frontrunner to represent Republicans against Hilary in 2016, one thing is guaranteed: It’s going to be an entertaining race.
Millennials are embracing big government like no prior generation, the United States is moving away from organized religion, and older white evangelicals are yearning for yesteryear. The country grows more diverse, more tribal, and more embattled....
Cultural divides, from demographics to religion, will contribute to widening the gap between party lines.
A regime in thrall to Moscow is forced out by a popular uprising; the Kremlin promises not to intervene, and even announces a troop withdrawal. Within days, Russian forces stealthily begin to move in, then pour across the border. A whole swath of ...
Like Eisenhower before him, Obama’s non-moves against Russia are the right moves.
If you let national approval ratings tell the story, the 113th Congress is known for being divided, do-nothing and often just plain dismal. But did you know that this is also the most religiously diverse Congress in American history? There are ple...
A Modern Orthodox Jew, a Buddhist and a Quaker walk into…the Capitol? No joke, the US Congress is filled with a host of representatives from all types of religions.
Introduced as “a trailblazer who has led the fight against censorship,” the White Stallion of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, was beamed into a packed hall of journalists and concerned citizens from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where he has been st...
The WikiLeaks founder participated in a glitch-filled—but candid—live video chat from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London as part of the South By Southwest tech fest.
Day 2 of CPAC got rolling with a more subdued crowd than Day 1. Not because folk weren’t having fun. Quite the opposite: More than a few attendees clearly had stayed up too late having too much fun Thursday night. Throughout the convention center,...
As hangovers cleared, on panels and in booths, Day 2’s momentum drained away from the GOP’s aging “values” peddlers—in favor of the young, energetic followers of Rand Paul.
Have you ever been in the same room with someone who was holding a grenade? You know they're probably not going to pull the pin and it’s probably not going to explode. But that knowledge does nothing to slow down the dangerously fast pace of ...
The Oprah Winfrey-produced Lindsay Lohan docuseries is the most anxiety-inducing hour of television I’ve ever seen. And I loved every second of it.
The great irony of HBO’s Girls is that the most layered, emotionally rich, and captivating character on the show is a guy. Much of the credit for this, in addition to the sharp writing by series creator Lena Dunham and her team, is due to the tale...
Adam Driver, the breakout star of ‘Girls,’ discusses his character’s captivating arc and the events that led up to Sunday night's explosive episode ‘Role-Play.’ [Warning: Spoiler...
I’m not sure there’s an analogy that goes with my relationship to Looking on HBO, but let’s try this. You have a terrible date, no, a sequence of terrible dates with the same person. Why would you do this? There’s something about them: not their l...
‘Looking’ was headed to disaster, but it was saved through the sudden discovery of plot, tension, and a love triangle.
“Well, I don’t know Katie Couric, you tell me?” That gem is from Justin Bieber’s deposition, which the pop star says feels like a 60 Minutes interview. (Clearly he hasn’t watched the show in a while.) The 4.5 hour session happened last Thursday in...
Quotes, taken completely out of context, from the only deposition that matters to Beliebers.
During Sunday night’s season finale of HBO’s True Detective, partners Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) stormed Carcosa—the creepy confines of the scar-faced lawnmower man/spaghetti monster/killer/Cary Grant enthusi...
Following the season finale of HBO’s detective mystery, the actress who plays Marty’s daughter discusses the troubled Audrey and why fans thought she was doomed. [Warning: Spoilers]
Kiev’s luxury Intercontinental Hotel seemed an anomalous place to meet a firebrand who has inadvertently contributed to triggering the most dangerous standoff between the great powers since the Cold War—but then Ukraine’s Maidan uprising has been ...
They’re fighters, not politicians—and the revolutionaries who tossed out kleptocrat Viktor Yanukovych are now having trouble adapting to the new political reality of an occupied Crimea.
Syria is in an escalating stalemate, with little prospect of victory for either side and steadily increasing violence. And few have experienced the peril of this punishing violence like the residents of Aleppo.In the past month, regime helicopters...
A new survey of Aleppo’s neighborhoods shows ISIS roundly defeated and Assad holding steady—but possibly losing civilian support.
It was not surprising that the mass media response to the 2015 defense budget was that it would result in “the smallest Army since before World War II.” It would have been a shock had anyone continued: “and it’s a good thing.” But it is—and Russia...
The crisis in Crimea shows that even the strongest U.S. land forces wouldn’t provide a military option for the President. It’s time to shrink the Army.
Feminism has long been a dirty word in Russia. Just ask Svetlana Smetanina, a journalist for the state-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper who, in a 2010 article, voiced an opinion that many Russians seem to share: women who self-identify as femini...
Feminism may be a dirty word in Russia, but the punk artists of Pussy Riot and the topless crusaders of Femen are among the few willing to stand up to Putin.
Whatever brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 370—mechanical or intentional—the search for the Boeing 777’s remains will be daunting. And the forensic investigation that follows will be even more challenging.It’s astonishing that two days after a...
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains shrouded in mystery, and the hunt for clues to explain its tragic disappearance will be arduous.
Readers of a certain vintage will likely recall the oleaginous, Brooklyn-accented Vladimir Pozner, an American citizen domiciled in Moscow who regularly popped up on television in the waning days of the Cold War, propagandizing on behalf of the Kr...
Sure, Viktor Yanukovych might have murdered protesters and Vladimir Putin might have invaded a sovereign country. But what about Hiroshima? And the genocide of Native Americans?
The number of yakuza, Japan’s organized crime group members, hit its lowest record since the country’s first anti-organized crime laws passed in 1992, the National Police Agency announced this week. The number of yakuza had hovered around 80,000 f...
Japan’s feared and resilient crime syndicates the yakuza have seen their numbers decline for the first time in years, but is that because of stricter laws or are they just going unde...
Barbie turns 55 today, and she doesn’t look so good.Despite a flurry of PR in the constant quest to keep America’s original teenage fashion model doll relevant—including a controversial Sports Illustrated spread and a partnership with the Girl Sco...
As the plastic princess rings in her 55th, kids everywhere will be finding toys with more interesting stories to tell. Bad news Barbie, your days are numbered.
It’s hard to establish the exact tipping point at which hook-up apps made their transition from cheeky and cheerful to straight up disgusting, but that time has come, and it’s pretty unpleasant. Gone are the days of randy singles excitedly replaci...
From a threesome organizer to a tongue-on-phone oral sex guide, the era of dialing up your crush is officially over. Welcome to the sex-tech revolution that's ruining dating.
You've probably never looked at a mammal’s brain and thought “Gee, I wish I could yank that out of its skull and shrink it onto a chip.” Nor have you likely gazed upon a colony of ants and remarked “wouldn’t it be great if we could get spy dr...
From artificial mammal brains to prosthetics that feel like real limbs, the military’s blue-sky researchers are aiming to bring man and machine closer than ever before.
By Diana Kelly for Life by DailyBurn There’s a new trend in dieting these days—not eating. Yup, “fasting” became a popular trend in the U.K. with The Fast Diet by Dr. Michael Mosley and has trickled over to the states in several variations, incl...
That little black stick might lead to the real thing, a new report suggests. Youth who use e-cigarettes are six times more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes than those who've never tried the devices. “E-cigarettes are likely to be gatewa...
Youth are six times more likely to smoke real cigarettes.
Sean Green, a 32-year-old from Spokane had just three words to say after accepting Washington state’s first legal marijuana license Wednesday: “Let’s get growing.”A far cry from the stereotype of a stoner, the clean-cut father of two has both the ...
A day after marijuana legalization efforts received international criticism, a 32-year-old received the first license to grow weed in Olympia, Washington. Is the Evergreen state—and ...
A frantic text from a male friend read, “Are you familiar with Lulu… Can you try checking Lulu on me? If something is on there, can you snapshot and send it to me?”Since its launch in February 2013, Lulu, the mobile dating app for women to anonymo...
Lulu, the mobile dating app for women, has changed its system to allow men to opt-in. Here’s why guys shouldn’t bow to the pressure to perform online.
As part of our recurring feature on chic innovators, the ladies behind the Editorialist discuss the inspiration for their one-year-old site that is part e-commerce, part modern glossy.
Barbie turns 55 today, and she doesn’t look so good.Despite a flurry of PR in the constant quest to keep America’s original teenage fashion model doll relevant—including a controversial Sports Illustrated spread and a partnership with the Girl Sco...
As the plastic princess rings in her 55th, kids everywhere will be finding toys with more interesting stories to tell. Bad news Barbie, your days are numbered.
Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift road trip, Kendall Jenner shows off her Givenchy swag, and Lupita Nyong'o wears her love for Miuccia Prada. Plus, more of the week's best fashion instagrams.
Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift road trip, Kendall Jenner shows off her Givenchy swag, and Lupita Nyong'o wears her love for Miuccia Prada. Plus, more of the week's best fashio...
It was a gray Sunday morning with a constant looming threat of rain. I woke up early, hoping to finally spend an hour seeing the city of Istanbul instead of the suburban holes where we primarily worked. I arrived at the Grand Bazaar and planned to...
Working all day, every day for weeks—unpaid because of a contract in another language with a sociopath.
Vivienne Westwood Goes Bald: In a neighborhood protest againt the sale of housing co-ops, British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood removed her beanie to reveal a new cropped, white hairstyle. “Vivienne cut her hair as we must all wake up to Clim...
And Edie Campbell edits 'Love' magazine.
Jennifer Lawrence sparkles in Tom Ford, Rihanna rocks red mink and suspenders, and Serena Williams shows off cleavage in too many places. Plus, more best and worst dressed of the week.
Jennifer Lawrence sparkles in Tom Ford, Rihanna rocks red mink and suspenders, and Serena Williams shows off cleavage in too many places. Plus, more best and worst dressed of the week.
American Apparel—the controversial retailer known for its outspoken CEO and its provocative advertisements—has unveiled its latest campaign. The ad features a topless model of South Asian descent, with the words ‘MADE IN BANGLADESH’ boldly printed...
The fast-fashion retailer has made yet another questionable decision, releasing a new ad that turns edgy into just plain distasteful.
Inside an old key-cutting shop on a quiet residential street in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Nico Fernández and Luis Murillo are intently watching a sixty-five liter copper still. Inside, a potent maceration of wormwood, herbs, ...
A scattered group of absinthe lovers are beginning to come together in the Paris of South America to make and drink the green fairy. There’s only one problem—it’s largely illegal.
It was the discovery of Hatsune Miku, a fictional Japanese pop star whose voice stems from a Vocaloid, a singing voice synthesizer, during a trip to Japan last year that was the starting point for the latest body of work by artist Laurie Simmons. ...
Artist Laurie Simmons explores the freedom that comes with dressing up like someone entirely different—a doll—in a new exhibit based on the Japanese practice of Kigurumi.
Since Andy Warhol’s death in 1987, I have been asked the same question at least a thousand times: Did you have any idea, when you were working for Andy in the 1970s, how important and expensive he would become? I sort of did, as did most of us who...
Why does Andy Warhol and his art captivate us to this day? In an excerpt from the new edition of his superb account of the artist Holy Terror, Bob Colacello considers his legacy and ...
Just after dawn on a brisk December morning, my wife and I stepped out of the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi for our first look at the capital of Vietnam. We didn’t know what to expect; perhaps clusters of folks in the midst of Tai Chi exercises, as lo...
An American tourist in contemporary Vietnam discovers that the trip is a lot bumpier and certainly more surreal than anticipated. Exit through the gift shop.
The man with the best palate in the world lives on Aspen Mountain, in a tucked-away cabin at the top of a walking path that disappears into the slope. His home doubles as a workshop where Master Sommelier candidates aiming to pass their blind tas...
Passing the Advanced Sommelier Exam isn’t easy, so many candidates trek to Aspen Mountain to train their palates with the best man in the business.
Instead of wishing winter away, we decided to celebrate it by showing breathtaking shots of the most beautiful lighthouses around the world. Glass half-full, remember?
Instead of wishing winter away, we decided to celebrate it by showing breathtaking shots of the most beautiful lighthouses around the world. Glass half-full, remember?
After her death, Whitney Houston was described, rightly for such an over-used word, as an icon. And now she becomes one for female visual artists.The Whitney Houston Biennial: I’m Every Woman opens for one night only on Sunday in what curator Chri...
Challenging what they see as the sexism of the Whitney Biennale, a group of female artists come together under the banner of a pop diva.
An already decaying Detroit just keeps on taking the punches. This time, it’s the art that’s disappearing. At 3 a.m. on Friday, another art installation by the Heidelberg Project, known for its extravagant exteriors of discarded objects such as st...
Officials suspect arson.
I discovered reruns of Bewitched in 1989 while visiting my grandma in Florida. I was 11, my grandma was well into her 70s, and it was the only show we could ever agree on. Magic. Mindful of the approaching anniversary of the final episode, which a...
The ’60s TV comedy took the ‘situation’ in ‘sitcom’ to dizzying heights, but who knew back then that the show was also subversively and delightfully feminist?
Toyota and Women in the World honor Lauren Shweder Biel, founder of the D.C. Greens, as a Mother of Invention.
What if the covers of women's magazines reflected the lived realities of women and young girls? To answer this question, Catapult, the feminist crowdfunding site, took statistics on the state of girls around the world and gave them the glossy...
A project creates headlines for the difficult issues facing young women.
Of all those suffering in Syria’s civil war, children are among the most direly afflicted, according to a new report by Save the Children. “The focus in the public discourse is the fighting and the political situation, but what we see really missi...
A new reports cites a devastating number of child deaths due to lack of healthcare
Feminism has long been a dirty word in Russia. Just ask Svetlana Smetanina, a journalist for the state-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper who, in a 2010 article, voiced an opinion that many Russians seem to share: women who self-identify as femini...
Feminism may be a dirty word in Russia, but the punk artists of Pussy Riot and the topless crusaders of Femen are among the few willing to stand up to Putin.
What if you could read a thousand-page book in a matter of hours?Gravity’s Rainbow on the train to work. Infinite Jest during an afternoon on the hammock. Crime and Punishment over a lunch break or two. With the technologically facilitated speed-r...
A soon-to-be released app uses text streaming to make reading quick and painless. Watch out Netflix, a new time suck is on its way.
Blood Will Outby Walter KirnFrom his earliest school days, Walter Kirn is driven to succeed—to impress his instructors, out-accomplish his peers, earn top grades, and win contests. But midway through his undergraduate education at Princeton, quest...
This week, from friendship with a phony (and murderous) Rockefeller to fortune-seeking husband-hunters in the British Raj.
Twenty-first century philistines, suffering from a lack of imagination and curiosity, have seized upon understandable economic anxieties since the financial crash of 2008, to shepherd an increasingly large flock of American sheep into the livestoc...
In the 1960s the great historian Richard Hofstadter first identified a virulent strain of anti-intellectualism in American life, but thanks to the Tea Party and the recession, its wo...
The title story in The Corpse Exhibition, Hassan Blasim’s new book, masquerades as a lecture delivered to an initiate who has just joined a cult of assassins. In this secretive group, agents go by code names like “the Nail” and “Satan’s Knife,” an...
A surreal and haunting collection of stories about the spectacle of violence and how war worms its way into daily life by Iraqi author, Hassan Blasim.
Imagine walking into a store and buying an over-the-counter-drug that can cure the mentally insane, alleviate pains, treat everything from cholera to tooth aches, and help sickly children to sleep—all for little more than the cost of a candy bar. ...
Go back to the 19th century and people freely used drugs, tobacco and booze, a far cry from our more restrictive days. A new book explores that stoned time and what changed.
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