Ms. Karenina’s story reflects a growing trend among Russian women who, fed up with their aging husbands, are leaving their families, taking up with handsome young men and, when things go badly, eventually falling under moving trains… Michael Shapiro, Columbia Journalism Review, 2008

Outside, the stars had darkened and it had started to drizzle, so the prospect of a nightcap was pleasing, especially if I should have to return on foot to my own hotel, which was a mile distant from the Miyako. I poured some vodka; Brando declined to join me. However, he subsequently reached for my [...]

I love things that are simple and unironic. Unfortunately, many of these things are often considered cheesy (Eurodance music) or easily exploitable (religion). Separated from the noxious habits and abuses that surround them, both of those things are thoroughly enjoyable. But when my hatred of irony intersects with my love of travel (read: running from [...]

I received the latest issue of Harper’s in the mail on Friday, and settled in to read it last night. If you still need proof that the magazine provides some of the best investigative reporting out there—and that our military governance is seriously frightening—you must read Scott Horton’s article on Guantánamo. It provides a constant [...]