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January 23, 2018

Chuck Klosterman’s Analysis of a Finished TV Show for a Defunct Website

The RRJ recommends you read Chuck Klosterman’s meditation on “Mad Men” protagonist Don Draper, “A New Don,” written for the now... Read more →

The Award-Winning Canadian Documentary, Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr

The RRJ recommends that you watch Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr released in 2015, and directed by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard.... Read more →

Two Long Takes From Jimmy Breslin

The RRJ recommends you read “A Death In Emergency Room One” and “A Part of Cop’s Past Lies Dead” by the... Read more →

Kathryn Schulz’s “When Things Go Missing”

The RRJ recommends you read “When Things Go Missing” by Kathryn Schulz, from the Feb. 13, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.... Read more →

Alison Motluk’s “Uncommon Ancestry”

The best health stories are about empathy, about seeing clearly that all that separates you, the reader, from the story’s... Read more →