How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election

Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser. By ROBERT EPSTEIN America’s next president could be eased into office not just by TV ads or speeches, but by Google’s secret decisions, and no one—except for me and perhaps a few other obscure...

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Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?

Yes, says the woman who runs the bar exam Natalie Kitroeff Photographer: Meredith Jenks for Bloomberg Businessweek Last August, the tens of thousands of answer sheets from the bar exam started to stream into the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The initial results were so glaringly bad that staffers...

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A Half-Day At The World's Largest Drugstore

A game I sometimes like to play with people is called Guess What Beyoncé Is Doing Right Now. I am reasonably certain I invented this game, which is actually two games. The first game is to guess what American celebrity Beyoncé (net worth ~$450 million) is doing at any given moment. The second game is to estimate the likelihood that your...

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Inside The Brutal Life Of Working At Amazon

Photo Amazon employees entering the company’s offices in Seattle. It recently became the most valuable retailer in the country. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times SEATTLE â€" On Monday mornings, fresh recruits line up for an orientation...

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