New Yorker editor Bill Buford has been on my must-read list for weeks, ever since a friend recommended Among the Thugs, which recounts his adventures with the soccer hooligans of England. But another of Buford’s books, Heat, has jumped the queue. It’s the story of his time among another group of alcoholic, lusty, passionate, volatile [...]

Nokia announced that in the wake of the success of some of its product rivals like the Motorola Razr and the LG Chocolate, it will start giving its new phone models actual names, as opposed to model numbers. It’s mind-boggling to me that it’s taken people this long to figure out what seems to me [...]

In an apparent attempt to “avenge” the death of Crocidile Hunter Steve Irwin, some of his more rabid fans have apparently embarked on a campaign to mutilate stingrays, in some cases cutting off their tails.
Wrong on so many levels. Here are 5:
a) Irwin was a conservationist and would never condone such idiotic cruelty.
b) Stingrays, primarily [...]