The Hedge Fund Billionaire’s Guide to Buying Your Kids a Better Shot at Not Just One Elite College, but Lots of Them
Most tycoons give big to one or two universities as their children approach college age. David Shaw gave to seven.
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Most tycoons give big to one or two universities as their children approach college age. David Shaw gave to seven.
Ava Kofman, Daniel Golden ProPublica Sep 2019 20min Permalink
On living in dark times.
Rebecca Solnit The Guardian Jul 2016 15min Permalink
The singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. That doesn’t mean she’s not paying attention.
Rachel Handler Vulture Sep 2019 25min Permalink
Power worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. If the Japanese have conquered south Asia, then they will keep south Asia for ever, if the Germans have captured Tobruk, they will infallibly capture Cairo; if the Russians are in Berlin, it will not be long before they are in London: and so on. This habit of mind leads also to the belief that things will happen more quickly, completely, and catastrophically than they ever do in practice. The rise and fall of empires, the disappearance of cultures and religions, are expected to happen with earthquake suddenness, and processes which have barely started are talked about as though they were already at an end.
George Orwell Polemic May 1946 Permalink
We aspire to a life without discomfort, without unpleasantness. But what kind of life would that be? It is as hard to imagine a world without pain as a person without sadness: a whole dimension of existence would be missing.
Sophie Elmhirst 1843 Magazine Oct 2019 20min Permalink
The writer investigates her brother’s death, their complicated relationship, and the disturbing mysteries he left behind.
Prachi Gupta Jezebel Sep 2019 30min Permalink
A father struggles with old and new parenting techniques.
Jane Snyder BULL Magazine Sep 2019 10min Permalink
I was asked about labor protections for adult-film performers. I said: You have to recognize how complicated this is. The things that sex workers do to stay safe are almost always the things civilians want to pass laws to stop. Everything looks different depending on the distance from which you’re looking.
LORELEI LEE n+1 Sep 2019 40min Permalink
A cloud enthusiast becomes an advocate for a new type of cloud.
Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine May 2016 20min Permalink
Ken Burns is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes The Vietnam War, Baseball, and The Central Park Five. His new series is Country Music.
“History, which seems to most people safe — it isn’t. I think the future is pretty safe, it’s the past that’s so terrifying and malleable.”
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The economic reality behind a billion-dollar wellness craze.
Tess McClure The Guardian Sep 2019 20min Permalink
One man’s quest to stop horse racing deaths.
Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Sep 2019 30min Permalink
Life in Silicon Valley during the dawn of the unicorns.
Anna Wiener New Yorker Sep 2019 30min Permalink
Arts Politics Media Movies & TV
From the proto-bleep to meta-bleep: how the US government protects us from the profane.
Maria Bustillos The Verge Aug 2013 15min Permalink
In an instant it was gone.
Peter Flax Bicycling Sep 2019 25min Permalink
In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society.
A.G. Sulzberger The New York Times Sep 2019 15min Permalink
If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.
Brendan I. Koerner Wired Sep 2019 25min Permalink
An investigation into the impact of only focusing on assault rifles.
Patrick White, Tom Cardoso The Globe and Mail Sep 2019 Permalink
“I found it both freeing and disturbing to spend time on a platform that didn’t ask me to pretend that I was on the Internet for a good reason.”
Jia Tolentino New Yorker Sep 2019 Permalink
Mexico is now importing lots of its baseball talent from America.
Joseph Bien-Kahn Gen Sep 2019 Permalink
If you want to see what a world without Roe looks like, look at Mississippi.
Becca Andrews Mother Jones Sep 2019 15min Permalink
According to the movie version, they died side by side, guns blazing, in the crosshairs of half a Bolivian regiment. It’s a great Hollywood ending that happens to be true, mostly: they left America… then died in Bolivia. What Hollywood didn’t know is that Butch and Sundance escaped.
Patrick Symmes The Daily Beast Sep 2019 Permalink
The unlikely rise of the 1983 national croquet champions.
Julian Smith Deadspin Sep 2019 20min Permalink
Decades on, a massive half-built monument in the Black Hills remains controversial.
Brooke Jarvis New Yorker Sep 2019 Permalink
Last September, law enforcement officers were confounded by a murderer targeting prostitutes along the border. As the investigation intensified, they discovered that the killer had been hiding in plain sight.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthy Sep 2019 Permalink