Jason Isbell, Unloaded
By DWIGHT GARNER
Sobriety isn’t always a songwriter’s friend, but it has brought out the best in the former Drive-By Trucker.
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The Death and Life of Chicago
By BEN AUSTEN
An innovative campaign to move “home-less people into people-less homes.”
The Hollywood Fast Life of Stalker Sarah
By MOLLY KNIGHT
The 17-year-old celebrity chaser is easily the most famous fan in the world.
It’s the Economy
C.E.O.’s Don’t Need to Earn Less. They Need to Sweat More.
By ADAM DAVIDSON
What George Costanza and artful ineptitude can teach us about executive pay.
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Where Scary Spice Hides When She Gets Scared
Terrence Malick has the slows; Kanye West vs. “West Side Story.”
The Ethicist
Can I Use the Same Paper for Multiple College Courses?
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
Self-plagiarism, grounds for expulsion, an exercise in intellectual complexity or all of the above?
Talk
Dwight Gooden Was Not Best Friends With Darryl Strawberry
Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
The former Mets pitcher on real friendships and surviving “Celebrity Rehab.”
Riff
Want to Save Civilization? Get in Line
By MATTHEW J. X. MALADY
From theme parks to airports, the simple queue is under attack.
Lives
‘The Dog Bit Me’
By HOPE REEVES
I knew that Zeke wasn’t good with children. Why did I let my son get so close to him?
From the Archive
The Birthplace of Obama the Politician
Paul Tough on Roseland, the part of Chicago where the president began his political life.
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Editors' Picks
Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking
Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
And not caring what Elton John says about any of it.
Eureka
Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories
By MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER
Psychologists are beginning to unravel the mystery behind this brand of American political paranoia.
Why Basketball Won’t Leave Phil Jackson Alone
By SAM ANDERSON
There is no such thing as life after basketball for the 13-time N.B.A. champion. Life is basketball.
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A Grrrl’s Life
Fliers, lyrics and zines from Kathleen Hanna, the vocalist and songwriter for the band Bikini Kill.
