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The Snatchback

When Todd Hopson wanted to get Andres, the 9-year-old boy he'd raised from infancy, back from his biological father in Costa Rica, he called Gus Zamora, who retrieves internationally abducted children for a living. Here’s what happened next.

The Boar War

A wild menace invades Houston.

Wipeout

Guam’s surfers fret about the impact of a billion defense buildup on their island.

What’s Your Problem?

Witness to an Abduction

The author explains how she ended up following Gus Zamora around the globe

Witness to an Abduction

Labi’s sound recording of the actual snatchback in Costa Rica (with transcript)

Profiles in Courage

Watch mini-documentaries about the Brave Thinkers featured in this issue and submit your own nominations

The Story Behind the Story

Much of the news you see on TV is the work of political hit men—not journalists. And it’s only getting worse.

The California Experiment

The state may be a budgetary disaster, but its energy policies are a blueprint for national innovation.

Mourning in Chicago

A funeral home’s business is growing, for all the wrong reasons.

A Hundred Miles on the Erie Canal

Cruising across upstate New York, at five miles per hour

What’s Your Problem?

Don’t smoke pot in the living room, and other advice

In Case of Emergency

FEMA’s new administrator has a message for Americans: get in touch with your survival instinct.

What’s Your Problem?

Avoid destabilizing desserts, and other advice

15 Ways to Fix the World

Privatize the seas. Welcome guest workers. Scrap the vice presidency. Teach teens to drink. And more.

Daredevil

William F. Buckley was a man of impulse, big words, and reckless candor. But he wasn’t a snob

Greening With Envy

How knowing your neighbor’s electric bill can help you to cut yours

What's Your Problem?

Leaving Home

Sandra Tsing Loh reports on her divorce from inside her new 10 x 10 foot U-Haul storage trailer

What Makes Us Happy?

An inside look at an unprecedented seven-decade study of a group of Harvard men suggests that one thing, above all, truly makes a difference.

Dog Bites Bug

How man’s best friend can help him evict his nastiest bedmate

What's Your Problem?

Accept succession, and other advice

Quick Study

Speaking richly; mobster movies

“The Power of Adaptation”

Historian Donald Cole, selected to participate in the study in the 1940s, reflects on how it affected his life.

“I Haven’t Been Unhappy in My Life”

Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, talks about his role in the Harvard study.

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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What Does It Take to Make Real Craft Gin?

Tour the Green Hat Gin distillery

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What Straights Can Learn From Same-Sex Couples

New insight from decades of research

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The End of the Mall Rat

A tribute to that pillar of teen culture

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The Wonderful World of Capitalism

An adorable 1950s cartoon

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New Yorkers: Miss New York USA

An unconventional beauty queen.

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