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Fri Doc: “The Fog of War” (2004)

I love documentaries. Making them is the only job I’ve ever really wanted–besides running a humor magazine, of course. (And you wonder why I’m not a millionaire?) Today I’m starting a new regular feature here on the site: every Friday, I’m going to post a documentary for our mutual enjoyment. Today’s doc is the Oscar-winning [...]

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Jason Epstein on the Future of Publishing

Former Random honcho and current publishing entrepreneur Jason Epstein has some interesting musings on the future of publishing, courtesy of The New York Review of Books. Here’s a video of Epstein’s neato print-on-demand device, the Espresso Book Machine.

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A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson

The murder of American scientist Frank Olson has long been one of the darker corners of the United States’ decades-long dalliance with LSD. Now a new book called A Terrible Mistake by H.P. Albarelli shows just how dark that corner truly was. Here’s an interview with the author from the Swedish radio program “Red Ice,” [...]

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Great Whites more endangered than tigers

After their numbers have dropped 90% in the last twenty years, great white sharks are now more endangered than tigers, a prominent marine biologist says. Which raises the question: just who is the remorseless killing machine around here?

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Photos from Venice’s Carnevale

This woman (if it is a woman) dresses like my grandmother decorated her house. Grandma once went to Las Vegas and brought back a clear plastic toilet seat with seashells suspended in it. I never saw her actually wear a solid gold mask and velvet brocaded headwrap, but I wouldn’t be surprised if both were [...]

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Marilyn in Santa Monica, 1952

from LIFE.com’s Picks of the Week: “In January 1952, starlet Marilyn Monroe — just 25 years old, and fresh off another tiny but scene-stealing role in As Young as You Feel — captivated fellow partygoers at the Club Del Mar in Santa Monica, Calif. She was there to accept one of the first awards of [...]

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Stop Motion T-shirt War

Stop Motion T-Shirt War – Watch more Funny Videos

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The JFK Assassination in two photographs

The assassinations of the 60s have been on my mind of late, thanks to these Beatle mysteries I’m writing (anybody interested in finding out when they’re coming out should email mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com). One of the most persistent canards about the JFK assassination is that it’s incredibly difficult to understand, and that one must do a ton [...]

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Happy Groundhog Day!

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