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Wimbledon Tennis: Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim Updates the Greatest Sports Book Ever Written

Matthew DeBord | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Wimbledon, Sports Illustrated, U.S. Open, The New Yorker, 2008, 1968, John McEnroe, Clark Graebner, Jon Wertheim. John McPhee, Roger Federer, Arthur Ashe, Tennis, Semifinal, Levels of the Game, Rafel Nadal, Entertainment News
Matthew DeBord

You wouldn't think it could be done, taking John McPhee's 1969 book Levels of the Game and using it to make something equally compelling. But Wertheim has, and that's his personal triumph.

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Getting Rich and the Marshmallow

Don McNay | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, Predicting Wealth, Thomas Stanley, Stanford Department of Psychology, Defined Benefit Plans, Discipline, Marshmallow, Main Street, Waylon Jennings, Payday-Loans, Positive Psychology, Fox Business Network, Millionaire Next Door, Stress, Billy Joe Shaver, Small Business Owners, Nursery School, Positive Thinking, New Yorker, Billy-Joe-Shaver, Instant Gratification, Dna, Defined Benefit, 401k, Cincinnati, Stanford University, Lexington KY, Richmond, Fox Business CNBC, Personal Finance, Payday Lending, Msfs, The New Yorker, Dr. Thomas Stanley, Chfc, Cnbc, Millionaires, Pensions, Kentucky, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Ky, Walter Mischel, Credit Cards, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Bing Nursery School, Delayed Gratification, Clu, Structured Settlements, College Student Credit Cards, Adult ADD, Wall Street, Heredity, Sat, Million Dollar Round Table, Genetics, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Tax-Anticipation-Loans, Defined-Contribution-Plans, Business News
Don McNay

We have a financial system that has played to people's weaknesses. We have allowed people who are prone to instant gratification to have as much credit as they could get their hands on.

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Doctors Rx at AMA: Eat Local, Organic

Samuel Fromartz | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Heathy Eating, American Medical Association, Doctors, The New Yorker, Organic Food, Food Inc., Health, Green News
Samuel Fromartz

Industrial food producers are already in a tizzy over the documentary Food Inc., but I bet they didn't expect to be facing the nation's doctors.

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My Multitasking Secrets Will Change Your Life

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Multitasking, The New Yorker, Andy Borowitz, Disney, Robert Iger, Ceos, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Whoever said that the early bird gets the worm could have been talking about me, only I'm a person, not a bird, and I'm not interested in getting worms, more like getting things done.

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Friedman and Andrews Play the Clueless Defense

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Thomas Friedman, The New Yorker, Clark Hoyt, True/Slant, Lawrence Wright, New York Times, Edmund Andrews, Carlos Slim, Media, Felix Salmon, Michael Roston, Journalism, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

"I just wasn't paying attention." "It never even occurred to me to mention it." What do these two statements have in common? They were both uttered ...

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Expert As Frenemy: Notes On The New Yorker Summit

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change, The New Yorker, Politics, Afghanistan, Hope, Pakistan, Naomi Klein, Bear Stearns, Frenemy, Malcolm Gladwell, Iraq, Barack Obama, Experts, Poverty, World, Politics News
Sanjay Khanna

Human nature leads us to turn towards expert-dependent disciplines to save us from ourselves but to what extent are experts -- and our own competence -- the frenemy in our midst?

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This Week in Magazines: If The Economy is Driving You to Drink...

James Warren | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media

Read More: This Week in Magazines, The New Yorker, Two Buck Chuck, Media News
James Warren

If the economy is driving you to drink, head to Trader Joe's for the Two Buck Chuck, then check "Drink Up -- The Rise of Really Cheap Wine" in the New Yorker.

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Over a Cheever, Under a Cheever

David Finkle | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: "Oh What a Paradise It Seems, The New Yorker, Burt Lancaster, Blake Bailey, Cheever: A Life, American Literature, The Swimmer, John Cheever, Falconer, Living News
David Finkle

I cried when I found out that John Cheever died in 1982. And now with few readers, the paradise that is Cheever's writing is at risk of being a lost paradise.

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New Guinea Tribe Sues The New Yorker For $10M

Forbes | Dirk Smillie | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Jared Diamond, Conde Nast, New Guinea, The New Yorker, Guinea, Media News

In an April 21, 2008, New Yorker story, "Vengeance Is Ours," Pulitzer Prize-winning geology scholar Jared Diamond describes blood feuds that rage for ...

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Real Progress on Homelessness

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wal-Mart, Bronx, Homelessness, Brooklyn, New York City, The New Yorker, Homeless, Million Dollar Murray, Malcolm Gladwell, Queens, Will Smith, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed, New York/New York, Politics News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

We can end chronic homelessness, but only if we abandon ineffective and entrenched practices.

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Middle-Aged Film Critic Writes a Book Railing Against Snark; Man on Internet Agrees

Alex Remington | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

Read More: David Denby, Book Reviews, Snark, Gawker Media, The New Yorker, New Yorker, Gawker, Maureen Dowd, Vh1, Media News
Alex Remington

As Denby says, snark is like a middle-school rumor: vicious, authorless, and anyone who objects gets slagged as having no sense of humor. It's good that he's publicly objecting.

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Barry Schwartz on Incentives, Education and Making Wise Choices

Rob Kall | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, CEO Pay, The New Yorker, Bobby Jindal, Tenure, Twitter, Child Welfare Services, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Barack Obama, Internet, Barry Schwartz, Education, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, TED Conference, Malcolm Gladwell, Rob Kall, Teachers, Technology, Swarthmore, Living News
Rob Kall

It's important to understand that looking for the best is a self-defeating, misery-making strategy; that we should, in general, be looking for good enough, not the best.

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Juvenal Delinquencies

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: David Denby, Breaking Media News, Marueen-Dowd, The New Yorker, Marueen-Dowd-Column, Snark, Abraham Lincoln, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

The heart of Snark, the part that resonates, is David Denby's thesis, presented in fits and starts, that snark is "mean, it's personal, and it's ruining our conversation."

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: February 10, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Steroids, Micropayments, Economic Stimulus Package, Mitch McConnell, Afghanistan, Obama Press Conference, Satire, Media Criticism, The New Yorker, Washington Post, Alex Rodriguez, Alex Balk, Barack Obama, Public Opinion Polling, Media News

Ah, journalism! How are we going to save it? Gently suggest they produce a better product? HAY-YELLS NO! As of this moment, I'm backing the Alex B...

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Pumping in Public

Christen Clifford | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Nursing, The New Yorker, Women's Issues, Breastfeeding, Milk, Breast Feeding, Breasts, Parenting, Facebook, Babies, Salon, New Moms, Mothers, New Yorker, Women's Health, Moms, Style News
Christen Clifford

The R train wasn't the ideal place to be squeezing out human milk, but it's a part of breastfeeding: women should be able to nurse everywhere and pump everywhere too.

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John Updike, Hall of Famer

David Margolick | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Culture, Literature, Ted Williams, Sports, John Updike, Boston Red Sox, The New Yorker, Media News
David Margolick

Up until the age of 76, Updike never stopped working, turning out a vast body of words. But nothing can top the astonishing piece he wrote on Ted Williams' final game.

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Mr. Darcy at the White House

Joanne Rendell | Posted 02.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Literature, Avon Books, White House, Mr. Darcy, Michelle Obama, The New Yorker, Romance Novels, Jane Austen, Mariana Cook, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, Barack Obama, Harlequin, Style News
Joanne Rendell

When I was reading, I started to realize that Barack Obama, the very-soon-to-be 44th President of the United States of America, is Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy.

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It Ain't What You Say, It's How You Say It

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Inaugural, Bono, Abraham Lincoln, New York Times, The New Yorker, Frank Sinatra, U2, Jill Lepore, William Seward, Entertainment News
Jerry Weissman

The past weekend brought us two excellent examples of the art of interpretation by two grand masters of interpretation; one a virtuoso of words and th...

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This Week in Magazines: Vick's Dogs, Katrina's Race War, and Tight Abs for the New Year

James Warren | Posted 01.28.2009 | Media

Read More: This Week in Magazines, The Nation, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, Michael Vick, Harpers Magazine, Media News
James Warren

Michael Vick, a scummy pro football quarterback, has improbably inspired an uplifting New Year's odyssey, according to this week's Sports Illustrated.

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Chris Ware, Grim Gastronomic Griper

Michael Nagrant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Homaru Cantu, The New Yorker, Grant Achatz, Alinea, Food, Chris Ware, Modern Cooking, Chicago News
Michael Nagrant

Even when I was an unemployed web designer and before I became a food writer, we set aside money and saved to dine at Alinea precisely because we thought there was something more important going on.

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This Week in Magazines: Sex, Cars, and Malcolm Gladwell

James Warren | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Auto Bailout, Newsweek, This Week in Magazines, The New Yorker, Women's Health, Detroit, Businessweek, Media News
James Warren

If you inexplicably found any of those auto guys arousing in a more primal way, a leading news magazine suggests that "the quality of a man's sperm depends on how intelligent he is, and vice versa."

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This Week in Magazines: Tone Deaf Republicans, Rock Stars, and Subprime Wolves

James Warren | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Rolling Stone Magazine, This Week in Magazines, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, National Journal, Media News
James Warren

It's unclear whether the GOP will convince itself that its panacea is a plug-in hybrid of a politician, and here's a question to jumpstart a boring dinner party: why don't we take perfumes seriously?

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This Week in Magazines: Obama-Mania

James Warren | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Sports Illustrated, This Week in Magazines, The New Yorker, The Economist, Election Reaction, Harpers Magazine, Barack Obama, Media News
James Warren

Not all's lost for the Republicans: John McCain apparently took the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Algeria according to the Economist's Global Electoral College poll.

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Obama Has What It Takes (and It's Not What You Think It Is)

Robert Draper | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ryan Lizza, Gq, Robert Draper, The New Yorker, Barack Obama, Liberal Media, John McCain, Politics News
Robert Draper

To me at least, Obama doesn't do that convincing an impression of a socialist. He's much more convincing as Machiavelli.

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This Week in Magazines: Dirty Elections Edition

James Warren | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, This Week in Magazines, Time, The New Yorker, Jane Mayer, New Yorker's Jane Mayer, Jane Mayer Palin, Obama Miami, Media News
James Warren

"Mouthwash!" might be a reaction to the hand-wringing over this "nasty" campaign season -- but check out Foreign Policy and the New Yorker. We don't know dirty.

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