Pierre Cardin Gone

from BBC Pierre Cardin: French fashion giant dies aged 98 GETTY IMAGES Legendary designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic and stylish designs helped revolutionise fashion in the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age of 98. The French fashion giant, whose career spanned...

Willie

from Slate An Interview With Willie Nelson at 87: “I Didn’t Ever Think I’d Get This Old” By JONATHAN L. FISCHER As part of Slate’s project on the 80 most influential Americans over 80, we spoke to some members of the list to reflect on aging, work, and life in...

“My own dog, gone commercial!”

from The Atlantic via MSN Charlie Brown’s Inside Job by Caitlin Flanagan For half a century, it’s been one of the most significant phrases in American Christianity. A prelude to something sacred in an unlikely place: the Gospel of Luke, King James translation, as...

Besottedness

from The Atlantic What Drives Writers to Drink? Seeking in the eloquent benders of Dylan Thomas and Herman Mankiewicz an answer to an ancient riddle by JAMES PARKER A portrait of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) sitting in an unidentified bar in the early...

Speed Buggy Back

from MSN An Oil Scion Is Giving a ’60s-Era Dune Buggy a New Lease on Life by Hannah Elliott (Bloomberg Businessweek) — The centerpiece of Phillip Sarofim’s Los Angeles home is his garage. The immaculate space holds two of the most collectible cars in the world:...