From a friend who lives in Thailand, about how the flooding has raised the water level so that crocodiles are escaping from their pits and swimming around Bangkok: These are the types of emails I get these days: “When I asked Khun about the reports of crocodile sightings, he said that it is fairly common […]
BRENDAN KILEY
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The United States of Twain
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume One Is Just For You
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume One Is Just For You (Whoever You Are)
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Inside the Cocaine Kingdom
One Man’s Deadly Adventures in the Cocaine Manufacturing Camps
Brendan Kiley interviews an escapee from a Colombia cocaine camp.
Posted inMovies & TV
I’m Staying Home
Vice Goes Abroad, Gets Conscience
Vice magazine is growing a conscience. The new issue isn’t as hilariously mean, and it features a photo essay about the child-sex trade, including a shattering letter from a 16-year-old prostitute from Bucharest published without even a ghost of a smile. The new Vice Guide to Travel DVD wears the same slightly more reverent cloak, […]