Todd Farley
The Archive
Comedian Tom Papa’s new book explains why 'we’re all in this together'
Tom Papa’s new book “We’re All in this Together . . . So Make Some Room” is a collection of comedic essays that just might also be a roadmap to...
This American saved 113 Vietnamese civilians at the fall of Saigon
In April 1975, the Vietnam War was as good as over, and the communists had won. The American military was gone, save for a tiny contingent of 50 Marines, with...
Yale class on what makes life worth living is now a book
The most popular class at Yale University is called “Life Worth Living” and is taught by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz.
How 'crazy' UFO-believing Pentagon bosses missed spy craft for years
The Pentagon program, meant to look into foreign adversaries' aerospace technology, spent years misleading a credulous media and an oblivious Congress in its hunt for UFOs and monsters.
A quest for healing, one adventure at a time
Brad Wetzler had a coveted job traveling the globe to places like Greenland, but it couldn't make up for a traumatic childhood.
American sniper Chuck Mawhinney holds record for deadliest aim
Chuck Mawhinney never relished killing, stressing that he was only “doing his job” in Vietnam.
How one man’s ‘STFU Method’ brought him health and happiness
Dan Lyons was always an over talker: His wife considered chatting with him not a conversation but a one-sided “Danalogue.” His constant blabbering once cost Dan a mountain of cash....
How working in the CIA prepared ex-operative Mike Baker for Wall Street
The lessons include “Define Your Mission,” “Know Your Risk Appetite,” “Immediately Admit Your Mistakes,” and “Identify and Resolve Threats.”
This married couple writes romance novels together
Writing is hard — and so is marriage! Combining the two would be a particular challenge not for the faint of heart, but that’s exactly what Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka regularly...
President Garfield's assassin was one of history’s first incels
When President James Garfield was gunned down at the Washington, DC, train station in 1881, his assassination came at the hand of a man who was arguably one of history’s...
‘American Psycho’ author's new book is even more disturbing
“The Shards” is Ellis’ latest novel, what he calls a “fictional memoir” of his last year in high school.
The strange dark world of the for-profit blood industry
Donating blood is a charitable gesture that saves lives and conjures up images of Red Cross drives and good Samaritans doing their part. Selling plasma — the watery, yellowish protein...
Ana Montes is the most damaging spy in US history
During her illustrious two-decade Washington career, Ana Montes shined at both her real job and her shadowy side hustle.
Why did a nice Midwestern girl join the Symbionese Liberation Army?
As Rachael Hanel asks in her book “Not The Camilla We Knew: One Woman’s Path From Small-Town America To The Symbionese Liberation Army," how did a “soft Minnesota girl, the...
The (often shocking) stories behind most beloved Christmas traditions
A surprising number of those holiday traditions are not at all family-friendly, including exhumed skulls and spousal murder, illicit bribes and drunken brawls.
Last woman ever executed in California was mother-in-law from Hell
The night before she was sent to San Quentin’s gas chamber for hiring two ex-cons to murder her pregnant daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Duncan was asked if she’d commit the crime again.
These are the most fascinating objects from King Tut’s tomb
Nearly 5,400 cultural, political, religious, and historical objects were found inside King Tut's tomb. Combined, they depicted what life was like in the Nile Valley during King Tut’s reign more...
Why George Washington was a man of many contradictions
In the mid-1700s, any traveler of a certain class knew he was welcome to a bed and hot meal at George Washington’s Virginia estate, Mount Vernon. But contrary to customs...
Cleveland’s ‘torso killer’ was more vicious than Jack the Ripper
Inside the shocking, little-known story of one of America's most violent serial killers of the 20th century.
What it's like to 'fly' one of the world's few F-35 flight simulators
The Israeli Air Force is no joke — and neither is The Squadron, the new management training center in Manhattan’s Financial District, where ex-fighter pilots use F-35 flight simulators to...