Mickey Mouse’s CIA Con

by T.D. Allman Apr 14, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

How the CIA helped Disney buy land and set up an unconstitutional form of government. MORE

America’s First Storm Chaser

by Lee Sandlin Apr 14, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Benjamin Franklin wasn’t just a statesman and an inventor—he was also a tornado chaser. MORE

The Week’s Best Reads

by David Sessions Apr 13, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions. MORE

Organic, Fair-Trade Porn

by Rachel Kramer Bussel Apr 13, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Rachel Kramer Bussel attended the Feminist Porn Awards to find a new generation of erotic... MORE

Scrabble Scribble!

by David Bukszpan Apr 13, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

April 13 is National Scrabble Day, so here’s a poem that will help you remember all 101 two-letter... MORE

The Future of NYT Book Review

by Steve Kettmann Apr 12, 2013 9:30 AM EDT

New Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul speaks to Steve Kettmann about her plans for the storied... MORE

The Notebooks of James Salter

by The Daily Beast Apr 12, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

He might be the greatest writer you've never heard of, but his first novel in 30 years, 'All That... MORE

Rushdie Conquers Cinema

Apr 11, 2013 8:01 PM EDT

Though he wasn't happy with an early version, he says the finished 'Midnight's Children' moved him... MORE

Twain’s ‘Advice to Little Girls’

by The Daily Beast Apr 11, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Celebrating a new edition of Mark Twain’s whimsical epistolary. MORE

Heroes of Trash

by Josh Dzieza Apr 11, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Garbage collectors die on the job more than police or firefighters.... MORE

Hit-Making Publisher Peter Workman Dies

Apr 10, 2013 5:34 PM EDT

Responsible for bestsellers like 'What to Expect When You're Expecting.' MORE

A Lost Art

by Victor S. Navasky Apr 10, 2013 4:41 PM EDT

The publisher emeritus of The Nation examines political cartoons in his book—and picks his... MORE