Ben Bateman would like to inform you that your application for a submarine is rejected based upon your reckless past use of submarines.
Even though she’s religious, Alice Stanley has to try not assume the worst when people declare their faith.
Continuing her series of profiles of rural Slovaks, Whitney Medved speaks with Helena Majerová, who lived through World War II and the Communist invasion.
Jonathan Gourlay smells sweet as he sits half naked at the center of a feast house on the island of Pohnpei.
Nick Martens has watched hundreds — maybe even thousands — of cover songs on YouTube. Here’s what he learned.
As an English teacher in Germany, Locke McKenzie has all sorts of bones to pick with our language.
There’s poetry in everything, including the user comments of NYTimes.com’s most popular blogs. Darryl Campbell investigates the web’s unlikely poetry community.
Josh Fischel profiles the country’s only high school ski jumping league.
Everywhere you turn, there are people trying to take advantage of you. Ralph Gamelli teaches you how to deal with scammers, con artists, and worse. Ralph Gamelli teaches you how to stop being a victim.
Kevin Nguyen talks to OkCupid CEO Sam Yagan about the company’s stats blog, OkTrends.
Inspired by the bracketology of March Madness the Bureau Staff picks the winners for the arguments that matter most.
Some notes on our spiffy new site and a special thanks to the people who made it possible.
Nick Martens looks closely at Watterson’s later Sunday Strips—the “golden age” of Calvin and Hobbes.
Jordan Barber talks to Anna the Red, famous across the web for her videogame-inspired bento art.
Emily Guerin struggles with the cold and isolation in Puerto Varas.
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Darryl Campbell
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