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“I tell (the police), if you can deal with teenagers you can deal with terrorists.” The Scientists Persuading Terrorists to Spill Their Secrets, The Guardian
He was the alpha male of the first pack to live in Oregon since 1947. For years, a state biologist tracked him, collared him, counted his pups, weighed him, photographed him, and protected him. But then the animal known as OR4 broke one too many rules. A Very Old Man for a Wolf, Outside Magazine To outsiders, Boehner might just be the happiest man alive, a liberated retiree who spends his days swirling merlot and cackling at Speaker Paul Ryan’s misfortune. The truth is more complicated. At 67, Boehner is liberated – to say what he spent many years trying not to say; to smoke his two packs a day without undue stress; to chuckle at the latest crisis in Washington and whisper to himself those three magic words: “Not my problem.” John Boehner Unchained, Tim Alberta for Politico
If you write to a member of the National Political Committee of Democratic Socialists of America for life and financial advice... you may deserve the advice you receive. In this case, to the tune of about $30,000 of non-dischargeable debt. Waitin’ on the Student Debt Jubilee, The Baffler
On November 8, 2016, America’s chief storytellers – those within the bubbles of media and politics – lost the narrative they had controlled for decades. In a space of 24 hours, the concept of “conventional wisdom” seemed to vanish for good. The Untold Stories of Election Day 2016, Esquire Auto-industry legend Bob Lutz writes that we are approaching the end of the automotive era... “Everyone will have five years to get their car off the road or sell it for scrap.” Kiss the Good Times Goodbye, Automotive News
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