Archive: Oct 2015

Justin Trudeau becomes prime minister-designate of Canada, a three-year-old boy drives a car, and Malaysia bans the Love and Sex with Robots conference

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“The amazing thing about these people is that they are living as they believe they ought to. Imagine being able to say that!”

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The authors of the Drone Papers were delivering a simple message: send more money.

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President Obama extends the timeline for America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, a category-four typhoon hits the Philippines, and a hen runs a fast-food chicken restaurant’s Twitter account

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A U.S. intelligence-community employee leaks secret drone-strike documents; Daniel Swift discusses the history of bombing

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Life in a town marked by tragedy

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“Now is the time that tries the souls of Chicago Cubs fans everywhere.”

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Lewis H. Lapham discusses the presidential election, Barry C. Lynn reports on China’s leverage over the U.S. economy, Sallie Tisdale searches for the perfect brassiere, and more

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Russia drops thermobaric bombs on Syrian antigovernment forces, an independent expert calls the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice “objectively reasonable,” and a girl in Texas can’t stop sneezing

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In Texas, death walks an assembly line

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Battle fatigue in Kashmir

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A gunman kills eight students and a professor in Oregon, the Palestinian Authority says it will no longer honor the Oslo Accords, and a candidate for the U.S. Senate admits to killing a goat and drinking its blood

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Why we won’t get prison reform

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“By committing to the great emotional extremes demanded by Greek tragedy,” says Bryan Doerries, author of The Theater of War, “the actors are in effect saying to the audience: 'If you want to match our emotional intensity, that would be fine.'”

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Christopher Cox named editor of Harper's Magazine

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Pope Francis comes to America, Volkswagen recalls 11 million vehicles, and a Washington State school bans tag

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