The making of The Godfather
July 15, 2011, at 11:06 AMIt’s now considered a movie classic, says Peter Bart, but the filming was a fiasco of ego and insecurity
What my father taught me
June 17, 2011, at 12:54 PMDads help shape us, and four contributors to the radio series This I Believe describe how
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Evel Knievel's 'last' jump
June 10, 2011, at 1:50 PMThe daredevil badly needed a comeback, says Leigh Montville, so he tried a stunt that was doomed to fail
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Made-up minds
May 13, 2011, at 1:10 PMSince political beliefs are rooted in emotions, says Chris Mooney, the facts are often irrelevant
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The first curl of smoke
April 15, 2011, at 2:04 PMSearching for fires from a tower in a vast, isolated wilderness, says Philip Connors, is the best job on earth
Prison without punishment
March 4, 2011, at 12:03 PMIn Norway’s Bastoy prison, says Nicola Abé, there are no bars, no armed guards — and no escapes
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The pregnancy trap
February 18, 2011, at 11:51 AMTeen girls keep having children, writes high school teacher Gerry Garibaldi, and we keep encouraging them
The last word: Rescue me
February 11, 2011, at 2:24 PMMichael Ferrara was a prince among Aspen's elite Alpine rescuers. But the mountain took a dreadful toll
The last word: Your immortal cybersoul
January 21, 2011, at 12:25 PMThe "self" you create online, says Rob Walker in The New York Times Magazine, won’t die when you do
The last word: My strangled speech
January 14, 2011, at 2:34 PMI started to stutter at 4, says Dan Slater in The Washington Post, and I still fear stumbling over words
The last word: Endurance at sea
December 17, 2010, at 2:51 PMNo food. No water. Sharks everywhere. In this excerpt from Laura Hillenbrand’s new book, "Unbroken," three U.S. airmen refuse to surrender
The last word: My own private island
November 19, 2010, at 2:43 PMOkay, it was just a rental, says The New York Times’ David Carr. But it offered a nice test-run of the dream
Keith Richards: The year girls went mad
November 5, 2010, at 2:04 PMIn his new memoir, the veteran rocker recalls the terror of early Rolling Stones-mania
The last word: I volunteered to get sick
October 18, 2010, at 2:32 PMTo unlock the secrets of the common cold, author Jennifer Ackerman made herself miserable
The last word: Terrors of the sea
September 27, 2010, at 10:05 AMAre "rogue waves" responsible for the disappearance of dozens of ships every year?
Should the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill be sold in vending machines?
A 6-year-old boy is accused of "sexual assault" for roughhousing with his best friend — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
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