Sea Control 488 - '(Watson) started out as the villain of the disaster and, as soon as he took the blame, he was the hero.' Bob Kolker and Jared W Samuelson dive deep into the Navy's disaster at Honda Point, the largest loss of ships in US Navy history.​ cimsec.org/sea-control-48…

'These towns were small enough already. For decades the Schweitzers were the area’s greatest villains; now they run into people and those people are nice.'

Bob Kolker @theatlantic #longreads theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Now and then at the grocery store, they see him—the man who falsely accused them of murder. Bob Kolker on how the investigation into one of the most infamous killings in Hawaii history went so wrong: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Thank you Longreads 🙏

my guest on the Keith Law Show this week is Bob Kolker, author of HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, about a family where six sons developed schizophrenia; and LOST GIRLS, about the Gilgo Beach murders. Listen & subscribe via Apple: bit.ly/AppleKlawPod
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Skip the book and just read Rebecca Traister instead nymag.com/intelligencer/…

David Grann, the author of #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon , sits down with VF’s Joe Pompeo to discuss the hotly anticipated Martin Scorsese film expanding his book’s reach—and the Oklahoma law that could stifle its teaching in schools.

Click below to read: vntyfr.com/WFf47j6

Some people claim that the way we are, right now, is just the accumulated effect of all the prior causes that *have acted on us* (i.e, over which we had no control and in which we had no involvement)

A sexual assault in #Newfoundland exposed a police force’s predatory culture. Jane Doe of the Rock shares her story, along with the badass female officer who until now has stood in the shadows, from me in ⁦The Walrus⁩ #longreads thewalrus.ca/how-a-sexual-a…

Washington Post agrees: NUMBER GO UP is the one to read

'Faux’s boisterous, masterfully written book is worth a read…. Faux’s cast of misfits and con artists never fails to entertain.”

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You have to read this story from Jenisha Watts. It’s simply extraordinary.

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This amazing exposé by Hannah Dreier has already spurred action by the Justice Department. Free link is below — read on and be outraged and moved