The Best of the Best

How Nassim Taleb turned the inevitability of disaster into an investment strategy.

Jay J. Armes is a legendary and controversial Texan investigator with hooks for hands and six decades chasing criminals. This was his most epic murder case ever.

All the​ supreme court knew of ‘Jane Roe’ was that she lived in Dallas County, Texas under another name and that she ‘wished to terminate her pregnancy by an abortion

We are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy.

Inside the spine-chilling world of Instagram-influencing mothers with guns

A sumo wrestling tournament. A failed coup ending in seppuku. A search for a forgotten man. How one writer’s trip to Japan became a journey through oblivion.