Readings — From the December 2012 issue
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Readings — From the December 2012 issue
Readings — From the May 1994 issue
Readings — From the September 1990 issue
Letter from abroad — From the July 1982 issue
A country where important people still go around saying “Heil Hitler”
Article — From the April 1938 issue
Article — From the January 1936 issue
Part II. The notorious Mrs. Reynolds, the Spanish picaroon, etc.
Article — From the December 1935 issue
Memoirs of an early American (part I)
Article — From the December 1919 issue
Article — From the February 1919 issue
Editor's drawer — From the January 1918 issue
Editor's drawer — From the July 1908 issue
Editor's study — From the September 1895 issue

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
Winner of the 2012 Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books