Analysis by Harry Enten. Research by David Nield . Legend has it that after leveling Carthage in the Third Punic War, Roman army generals ordered that the city’s fields be sown with salt so that they’d lie fallow for years, Roman generals not being particularly well known for their benevolence in…

BATON ROUGE, La. — He joined the Marines, served in Iraq and earned a Good Conduct Medal. He was an entrepreneur, a self-published author, a nutrition and fitness counselor, a proponent of the American gospel of self-improvement. He considered himself a lifestyle coach, even though he had failed in…

The moment I step inside Puerta de Atocha – Madrid’s central railway station – I feel a familiar pang of excitement. My heart flutters, my pulse speeds, and my mood goes up a few points, much the same way that the outside temperature climbs when the sun peeks from the clouds. I am not here to greet…

In her speech at the Republican National Convention, on Thursday night, Ivanka Trump spoke not only as a daughter but as a political admirer. PHOTOGRAPH BY PHILIP MONTGOMERY FOR THE NEW YORKER Midway through her speech introducing her father at the Republican Convention, on Thursday night, Ivanka…

Getty Images/Ellias Stein Cleveland is demanding our attention. From the Republican National Convention to the Cavaliers’ NBA championship, the Indians’ recent dominance to a surprising tech scene, we’re thinking about the city more than ever. This week ,​ The Ringer ​is exploring why Cleveland…

On Thursday night, Donald Trump delivered an apocalyptic speech accepting the Republican nomination for President. Photograph by Philip Montgomery for The New Yorker In the history of democracies, there are numerous instances of authoritarian “strongmen” rising to power, and virtually all have based…

It’s been a great week for gay escorts in Cleveland. Male prostitutes contacted by The Post said business is booming and Republican National Convention attendees — most of them married — are clamoring for their services. “Business has been way better. I’ve seen 10 clients so far,” one male escort…

Elena Scotti/FUSION Last month, law enforcement officers showed up at the lab of Anil Jain, a professor at Michigan State University. Jain wasn’t in trouble; the officers wanted his help. Jain is a computer science professor who works on biometric identifiers such as facial recognition programs,…

Last night, the Internet exploded with allegations that Melania Trump's Republican National Convention speech was plagiarized from a 2008 Democratic National Convention speech by Michelle Obama. This morning, Sean Spicer, the Republican National Committee's chief strategist, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer…

What my evening with Milo told me about Twitter’s biggest troll, the death of reason, and the crucible of A-list con-men that is the Republican National Convention. Drew Angerer / Getty Images ROS: Fire! GUIL: Where? ROS: It’s all right — I’m demonstrating the misuse of free speech. To prove that it…

From left, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, the director Paul Feig, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon on the set of “Ghostbusters.” Hopper Stone/Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing The rebooted “Ghostbusters,” starring Kristen Wiig , Melissa McCarthy , Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon as an…

When the technology investor Peter Thiel takes the stage just before Donald J. Trump at the Republican convention this week, he will become the most prominent public face of a species so endangered it might as well be called extinct : the Silicon Valley Trump supporter. Nobody knows what Mr. Thiel,…

1 of 10 2 of 10 3 of 10 4 of 10 5 of 10 6 of 10 7 of 10 8 of 10 9 of 10 10 of 10 Alexander McQueen's DNA turned into human leather goods by Tina Gorjanc Share: Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Tina Gorjanc has proposed a conceptual range of leather accessories made of skin grown…

This week, Republicans descended on Cleveland, and so did tons of strippers. I am one of them. It’s well known that Republicans make it rain, and girls like me make the quadrennial pilgrimage to the Republican National Convention anticipating a big haul. As the city’s police shored up jail cells and…

The following is an EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes journal from Kristen Everman, a producer at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, about her experience during the making of “A Very Special Full Frontal Special,” which is all available online! Visit www.samanthabee.com or our youtube.com/fullfrontalsamb .…

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey ’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , declared a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday that gave the state extra powers to pass laws as the authorities pursue individuals suspected of attempting to topple his government. The declaration followed the firing and suspension…

A light bulb at a fire station in Livermore, California, has been on almost continuously since 1901. In 2015 it was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s longest-burning bulb. Photograph by DICK JONES / EPA The light bulb that has brightened the fire-department garage in Livermore,…

For now, at least, Hillary Clinton has a 76 percent chance of defeating Donald Trump to become president of the United States. A victory by Mr. Trump remains quite possible: Mrs. Clinton’s chance of losing is about the same probability that an N.B.A. player will miss a free throw. This electoral…

Edmon de Haro As recently as the 1950s, possessing only middling intelligence was not likely to severely limit your life’s trajectory. IQ wasn’t a big factor in whom you married, where you lived, or what others thought of you. The qualifications for a good job, whether on an assembly line or behind…

SAN FRANCISCO — Late Thursday evening, when sniper fire rang out across downtown Dallas, a bystander, Michael Kevin Bautista, used his smartphone to stream the events in real time on Facebook Live . Within the hour, CNN was rebroadcasting the footage. The day before, Diamond Reynolds streamed on…

Our friends at FSG Originals are publishing Warren Ellis’s new novel Normal in four weekly digital installments. The first installment came out on Tuesday and is available wherever e-books are sold. Each week, Tor.com will host a discussion between Warren and a new writer about that week’s episode.…

The world is going to end. Most people can go about their day to day without thinking about it too much, covering up concerns of an eventual apocalypse with grocery lists, carpools, training your Snorlax —the minutiae of daily life. But for people who professionally think about the future, planning…

Warren Ellis is not the first writer that comes to mind when you think of the James Bond property. When he was announced as the author of the newly launched comic series, many of us thought it an odd choice. Ellis is, after all, known for his madcap insanity, high concepts, and bizarre violence. Now…

It was ironic that, as members of the military launched a coup against him on Friday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey resorted to guerrilla media tactics — broadcasting via the FaceTime app on his cellphone — to urge Turks to oppose the plotters. Mr. Erdogan has been no friend to free…

A Turkish army faction that dramatically tried to topple the government has met strong resistance from the public and the rest of the army. Rebel soldiers attempted to use tanks, fighter jets and attack helicopters to overthrow the government overnight on Friday, killing civilians and other members…

Two decades after its release, the success of DJ Shadow‘s Endtroducing….. still surprises the artist behind the iconic beatmaking album. The producer, born Josh Davis, laughs off any rags-to-riches narrative regarding his debut. “People ask me what was it like when the record came out, and my…

I remember the first time someone told me to go back to Africa. I was about 11 years old and quite confused, because for all I knew, I was from New Jersey. It seems as though the “Go back to Africa” sentiment is a popular saying among racist people. And now one man wants people to donate to his…

Regardless of the outcome, Turkish politics will change for the worse IT BEGAN in the evening. Military vehicles took over the two bridges over the Bosporus; helicopters clattered and military jets roared overhead. Soon came the news, familiar to an older generation of Turks but forgotten by the…

ISTANBUL — A military coup attempt plunged Turkey into a long night of violence and intrigue on Friday, threatening its embattled president, leaving nearly 200 dead and injecting new instability into a crucial NATO member and American ally in the chaotic Middle East. The coup attempt was followed…

People hold a banner depicting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as they gather outside the Turkish parliament in Ankara on 16 July.Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images W hat happens in Turkey matters. It is a G20 economy in a sensitive part of the world, sharing borders with Iraq, Iran and Syria. Turkey is…

The year is 2040. The schadenfreude-driven doom-and-gloom naysayers who predicted disaster with the bursting of the real estate bubble in the mid 20-teens turned out to be wrong. From 2016 onward, the double-digit increases in house prices continued at an average annual rate of 17 per cent. A…

By the time you’re done with the math, Airbnb doesn’t have 12 or even 2,400 screens to design for. It has exponentially more than that, like all the possible moves in a game of chess expanding to surpass the number of atoms in the known universe. It’s a huge amount of variables to keep track of, not…

O ne week ago, against the advice of its political establishment, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union. Within a few days, that establishment was in the process of a full-scale implosion: the country is effectively without government or opposition, shorn of leadership, bereft of…

Illustrations by Jeremy Sorese My childhood fantasy went like this: Standing in a church doorway in a “Miss Pretty Princess” bridesmaid dress with a floral wreath in my hair, and bangs, which in retrospect have too much hairspray, I look up. “If You Were Here” shimmers in and a man who is criminally…

The shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile share several striking, stomach-churning similarities: They were black men, killed by police, in deeply segregated communities. Both killings were captured on video, a product of an age in which anyone can tape an encounter with police—and…

Rapper Darryl McDaniels, aka DMC of Run DMC, performs at the Openair Frauenfeld on Saturday, July 13, 2013 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone,Gian Ehrenzeller) Time has changed Darryl McDaniels. To be fair, that’s true of anyone who’s been in the cultural eye for as long as he has: as…

Being Australian, I don’t have much time for baseball. That doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy baseball video games , though. Especially when they’re from the future . Super Baseball 2020 is a game developed by SNK and was first released in 1991 for its Neo Geo platform. It is, as the name suggests, an idea…

On Craigslist, Redditor wowbobwow picked up an old, broken Macintosh SE that was destined for a landfill. But once he got the beige box cleaned up and working again, he discovered a big NSFW surprise hidden in a fake “America Online” folder. Open imgur.com The redditor had actually stumbled upon a…