Smuggling marketplaces are fascinating to me. Not the humans and drugs that everyone already knows about and thinks of when you hear the word “smuggling,” but the rare stuff that… CONTINUE
The Epic Hunt for One of the World’s Most Wanted Men
COVID has obviously dominated the world’s headlines for the past year almost, obscuring other very big news. For instance, the capture of Felicien Kabuga, the Rwandan war criminal who bought… CONTINUE
The Russians Are Microwaving Our Brains
I love a good cloak and dagger spy story, especially when it’s true. This one manages to be both terrifying and hilarious (but mostly terrifying) in one go. In short,… CONTINUE
The Poorest Rich Kids In The World
This story isn’t new, it’s several years old actually, but that’s ok with us, it’s still interesting. We didn’t even know of the Duke family before reading this article. You… CONTINUE
The Serial Killer Algorithm
This story isn’t new, but it’s new to me, and I found it fascinating because it crosses over with two of my personal interests — true crime and algorithm-based problem… CONTINUE
The Great Buenos Aires Bank Heist
I don’t know why so many of us are so enchanted by tales of high-dollar bank-robbery capers, but we definitely are. I need only check my Netflix queue to confirm… CONTINUE
The Mexican Mom Who Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers
If you follow anything about Mexico then the ending of this story won’t come as an enormous surprise, because it ends as most stories of hunting cartel members do. When… CONTINUE
College Athletes Can’t Get Paid. Unless They’re Cheerleaders.
Any college sports fan has heard, and likely participated in, the decades-long argument about why NCAA athletes should or shouldn’t get paid. If you’re new to the issue, the athletes… CONTINUE
Our Financial System Still Runs On An Ancient Programming Language
We aren’t coders here but we’ve certainly been witness to the variety of programming languages that have come in and out of vogue over the last 20 years regarding web… CONTINUE
America’s New Marijuana Capital: Tokelahoma?
The last few elections have seen so many different states pass laws legalizing recreational or medical marijuana that it’s easier to keep up with the handful of states (somewhere between… CONTINUE