Whose voice should narrate a ridiculously successful erotic novel, and whose voice would creep us out?
There are temptations at home that do not exist in traditional work spaces. We asked some hyper-productive friends of The Atlantic Wire who work from home to explain their strategies, and what it is they do all day.
This weekend in The New York Times, two writers put their two cents into the piggy bank that is America's Obsession with Breast-feeding. One is a woman. The other is a man. Let's talk it out.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker opened his internet doors to Reddit users in an "Ask Me Anything" session on Sunday. He explained, among other things, what went through his mind when he ran into that burning building.
Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who fought for France in World War II as an epically awesome secret agent with the British, died this spring at 88. Drawing from two recent obituaries, one in today's New York Times and the other in The Telegraph, we bring you highlights from the life of one of the world's most fascinating men.
Nabeel Rajab, activist and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was sentenced to three months behind bars on Monday, for posting a tweet that criticized Bahrain's prime minister, Prince Khalifa bin Sulman al-Khalifa.
Egypt's parliament speaker Saad al-Katatni announced today that the lower house of the assembly will meet at noon on Tuesday. The announcement was made one day after Egypt's new President Mohammed Mursi ordered the assembly to reopen, defying the military council's decision to dissolve it last month.
At a press conference today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked about an upcoming march in protest of his proposed soda ban. The Mayor made it clear that he was less than amused.
Spike Lee shook Mitt Romney's hand, favors Bloomberg's soda ban, thinks we will gentrify The Atlantic Ocean, and other highlights from his New York Magazine interview with Will Leitch.
In the latest news from what once was One of the Great American Newspapers: A Times-Picayune reporter writes a (justifiably angry) letter to the paper's publishers; Several of the paper's renowned, award-winning reporters decline offers from the newly configured NOLA Media Group.
Film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a lonely, living-with-mom, butcher-from-the-Bronx in 1955's Marty -- and much later voiced the "Mermaidsman" character in Spongebob Squarepants -- died on Sunday is Los Angeles. He was 95, and never retired.
Alec Baldwin, prolific tweeter and anti-paparrazi activist, (who is also -- we've heard -- an actor), quit Twitter on Monday. His parting words: "It's been fun." Instead of wallowing in grief, let's remember the good times.
A New York Times editorial set to print on Tuesday highlights a ridiculous truth: unlike the rest of New York State, New York City still counts its ballots by hand. And not very well.
We don't know when it was determined that we could not read books of substance on the beach. But with the help of some literary-minded friends of The Atlantic Wire, we're calling hogwash on this verdict.
This weekend was the first weekend in history that two R-rated films grossed more than $20 million on the same weekend. One starred a male stripper and the other starred a stoned stuffed animal.
The American soft-drink industry does not want you to think about fatness. Because Bloomberg's ban on large sodas is not about obesity. It's about freedom. Fries. Freedom fries.
Republicans and Democrats are not about to make nice over health care reform anytime soon. Obviously. But in case you wanted more evidence, we present: Members of Congress and Other Political Figures on Sunday talk shows.
Chief Justice John Roberts originally sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold President Obama's health care reform law.
Hong Kong's new chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, was sworn in on Sunday. He was later welcomed by hundreds of thousands of protestors who were angry at -- among other things -- him.
The superiority complex of Mac users has been confirmed, again. And we will pay for it.
The subway used to be a place where New Yorkers could think, read, or openly gawk at strangers. Now we'll be checking our work email.
The Saudi Arabian woman most likely to compete in this summer's Olympic Games, 20-year-old show jumper Dalma Malhas, does not qualify.
As the street sweepers clear the glitter from the sidewalks and our cities fade back to their dull, non-rainbow colors, we bring you some dispatches from pride weekend.
Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky plan to appeal his conviction on the grounds that an NBC interview with the former coach, which was played for jurors, contained an editing error. Sound familiar?
Women in Saudi Arabia are forbidden from driving, but they can now compete in this summer's Olympic Games. Well, one of them can.
Lonesome George, a giant and awesome tortoise believed to be the last of his subspecies, died on Sunday at the Galapagos National Park.
Remember how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in public view? That was kind of fun, wasn't it?
Lil Wayne explained that he pulled Nicki Minaj from Summer Jam because...women ought to be respected.
Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, is scheduled to be released from jail on Tuesday morning. He will not face deportation proceedings upon his release.
Caitlin Moran's personal essay "I Know Why the Fat Lady Sings," calls compulsive overeating "the most pointlessly secret of miseries" for women.
All celebrities are required to make terrible choices when it comes to naming their children. It's in the celebrity handbook.
32 years after Lindy Chamblerlain's baby disappeared, a coroner ruled that her baby was killed by a dingo, just as she had famously claimed.
People who own iPhones are "in a cult." Android users have "slightly larger than average heads." These were some of the assumptions explored by Queena Kim in a segment that aired Monday on American Public Media's Marketplace.
The initial report came in around 4 p.m. on Monday. An explosion on a yacht named Blind Date sent 21 passengers adrift off the coast of New Jersey, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
This evening, Venus will slide into alignment with the orbits of the Earth and the Sun. This will not happen again until the year 2117, when we will all be dead.
President Barack Obama was joined by former President Bill Clinton at a trio of campaign fundraisers in New York Monday night, collecting at $3.6 million, according to The Associated Press, and offering these quotes in return.
An allegedly cross-dressing, body-part-mailing, horror-movie-style murderer was arrested in Berlin on Monday night, Melissa Eddy reported in The New York Times. The suspect, who is said to be a Canadian porn star, was spotted in an internet cafe, reading the news... about himself.
Roughly 300 New Orleanians packed into a parking lot Monday evening to express their frustration with the recent announcement that Advance Publications, Inc, owner of the city's Pulitzer-winning newspaper, The Times-Picayune, would cut the paper's print circulation down to three days a week and dramatically shrink its newsroom.
Only hours before Nicki Minaj was scheduled to perform at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert, The Twitters blew up with the news that the chart-topping, neon-beehive-wig-wearing M.C. would not show.
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