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The messy lives of famous women are instructive in new books by Alana Massey and Sady Doyle.

Why we expect special wisdom from the people who reject society.

What Trump shares with America's best swindlers.

How Rorschach’s inkblots turned personality testing into an art.

Meet the hackers trying to solve the problem of death.

Jack Henry Abbott was a talented writer and a convicted murderer. What made Mailer believe he wouldn't kill again?

We would do well to remember the costs of keeping quiet.

Sarah Manguso's aphorisms feel powerful in our age of alternative facts.

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The U.S. government has enlisted powerful informants in the past without difficulty. Here's why.

For scientists investigating the human mind, deep-sea animals may hold the key.

Elites have always used a climate of fear to push their own agendas.