Nice article from sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh about Grand Theft Auto IV. (Venkatesh’s work on Chicago gangs was quoted a lot in Freakonomics if, like me, you’re wondering where you’ve heard the name before.
This may sound strange, but I found that Grand Theft Auto actually offered a less sensational portrait of gangland and ghetto streets [...]

Tucked in amongst the perfume strips and Ralph Lauren ads of Vanity Fair, I found an actual article. And it was a corker.
Part cultural history, part personal essay, and all laugh-out-loud hilarious, Rich Cohen’s Becoming Adolf is a flat-out awesome read. Let’s just say it’s not your average article about a New York Jew [...]