A Brief, Opinionated History of Taxes in America

by Mike Duncan and Jason Novak

Behind the Scenes with Culture Hero Andre Gregory

by Rumaan Alam

Next Election To Be Decided By Wizards

Nearly half of all voters are so dumb they’ll completely change their strongly held…

Hacker Performs Live Airplane Hijack-Hack in Amsterdam

Tech Billionaire Selflessly Launches Political Group To Help His Company

“Across America,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg writes in today’s Washington Post, “creative, hardworking people in coffee shops, dorm rooms and garages are creating the next era of growth.”

14% Slowdown In PC Sales Probably Just Like When Giant Asteroid Struck Earth

A Poem By Nuar Alsadir

by Mark Bibbins, Editor

Grand Phase

It’s hard to come back
 from a grand phase —

morning most difficult,
 its shadow a tucked-

Half a Tweet! Gawker Headlines Max Out At 70 Characters Tomorrow

Gawker Media honcho Nick Denton issued an edict this morning: headlines for his sites running on his Kinja system will now be auto-truncated to 70 characters. He’s doing this to appease Google and Facebook. Apparently…

Those About To Rock Etc.

New York City, April 10, 2013

★★★★ In the span of less than 15 minutes, the morning clouds cracked apart and blew away. Daffodils in the…