The Christian Iconoclast

by Joshua DuBois May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Joshua DuBois talks with author Donald Miller on the struggle to find meaning in life—and why we... MORE

Rumsfeld, Advice Giver

by Dean Obeidallah May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Comedian Dean Obeidallah reviews the former secretary of defense’s new book of rules. MORE

A League of Their Own

by Nicholas Mancusi May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Can baseball still define an America that’s in decline rather than rocketing to the top?... MORE

The Week’s Best Reads

by David Sessions May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

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

The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth

by Adam Doster May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Were her curves too much for Ruth and Gehrig? Adam Doster follows the trail of an amazing story. MORE

Happy End of the World

by Nick Romeo May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

A new book explores the history of mass extinctions and how the human species can survive the next... MORE

My Year Of Not Looking In A Mirror

May 17, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Kjerstin Gruys decided to shun her reflection and focus on inner beauty for a whole year—which... MORE

Cracking the Knossos Code

by Malcolm Jones May 17, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

It took scholars 52 years to decipher Linear B, a language written on tablets found at the... MORE

Big Idea: Our Global Cost

by Andrew T. Guzman May 17, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

How do we measure and predict the human cost of climate change? By Andrew T. Guzman. MORE

WWII’s Artist-Warriors

by Robert Edsel May 16, 2013 12:00 PM EDT

Robert Edsel tells the story of a group of scholar-soldiers tasked with protecting Europe’s... MORE

Dylan Inducted Into Arts Academy

May 16, 2013 8:29 AM EDT

As Michael Chabon delivers keynote address. MORE

A Post-9/11 Werewolf Novel?

by Roxane Gay May 16, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Many books have taken up the war on terror, but Roxane Gay reads a novel that deals with the... MORE