The author and former vet wishes war movies could give audiences a taste of reality, and that warmongering politicians would risk their own lives on the front lines.

The former “High Times” editor thinks America is “going the legalization route.” But will marijuana lose its outlaw mystique?

Oliver Stone is our culture’s best at combining storytelling with social awareness, says John Buffalo Mailer. But others also carry his father’s torch.

The novelist was often portrayed in the media as a humorless misogynist. His son knew a different side of the man.

What the writer taught his son has shaped his life and helped him cope with his mother’s cancer.

Theater has more of a “human touch,” but telling someone about a great live performance is like telling them about your dream.

Preparing for his role in “Wall Street 2,” the actor discovered just how addictive Wall Street culture is—and why it’s not as soulless as many believe.

A conversation with the actor, writer, producer, and journalist.

Why isn’t the New Yorker editor worried about what has been happening to the magazine industry?

The President couldn’t assume he would get the African-American vote just because he was black. He had to go out and win it.

The New Yorker editor compares the current atmosphere in the U.S. to what happened in Israel under Yitzhak Rabin: the far right stirred things up so much that the political […]

Obama wants to win. He’s “not some kind of pie-eyed idealist.”

Jerry Kellman spent countless hours with the President eating at McDonald’s and talking about life.

A conversation with the editor of The New Yorker.

Consider the Martin Luther era, when things in the Catholic Church were even worse.

It’s alarmist to say that one-half of a percent of the euro’s G.D.P. could cause the collapse of the currency.

The chances for getting climate change policies through Congress—or through Parliaments worldwide—are greatly improving thanks, in part, to the terrible tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.

We don’t need an energy or resources tax; we need an instrument for letting resource prices rise in parallel with resource productivity.

We don’t need to surrender anything that would drastically alter our way of life, but we need to think of our grandchildren.

We could be much more pro-active in lessening our impact on the environment. Energy-efficient cars and “passive houses” can make a real difference.

The financial system has drifted away from the industrial and commercial system, and the leaders of financial institutions have found they can make a lot of money by building organizations […]

Even though China and India are expected to have as much as 40 percent of the world’s GDP by midcentury, incomes in those countries will still be one-third of those […]

Why an “inside outsider” might be the next person most suited to take over a company.

A conversation with the Harvard Business School professor.

Our minds don’t capture and record reality, but rather blend experience with fantasy—a process that often results in convincing, yet completely false, memories.

Remaining mentally active and engaged is critical to retaining information as we age.

The neuroscientist explains how our mind produces memories and why they actually alter our DNA.

Less than 5% of Alzheimer’s Disease cases are genetically transmitted. The disease is a consequence of aging, and doesn’t target specific demographics.

Simply paying attention can do a lot to improve recollection, but scientists are also working on a wide variety of memory-boosting drugs.

A protein that scientists once thought was a “piece of garbage in the brain” turns out to play a key role in memory formation. At high concentrations, however, it spells […]