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ENTERTAINMENT
"Graphic Violence"
(June/07)
Casualties From the War on Cartoons, by David Wallis
"Gold
Rush" (October/06)
For Louis L'Amour Death Was a Great Career Move, by Julia M. Klein
"Left
Turn" (August/06)
One Man's Journey From Dittohead to Democrat, by Jason Zasky
"F
+ Minus = Success" (March/06)
New Failure-Oriented Comic Strip Makes the Grade, by Jason Zasky
"War
and Peace" (January/06)
War News Radio Brings Iraq Home, by Jason Zasky
"Bear
With Me" (September/05)
The Author of "The Grizzly Maze" Speaks Out, by Jason
Zasky
"A
Plea To The Television Gods" (May/05)
Joan Fans Try To Keep The Faith, by Jason Zasky
"Behind
The Music" (July/04)
What It's Really Like to be a Rock Star, Courtesy of Semisonic's
Jacob Slichter, by Jason Zasky
"Picture
This" (August/03)
A New Book of Movie Plots May Yield the Next Gigli, by Jason
Zasky
"Going
In The Tank" (July/03)
Finding Nemo Fans Are Racing To Buy Clown Fish, But A Happy
Ending May Not Be In The Script, by Jason Zasky
"Ad
Nauseam" (April/03)
Class Action Lawsuit Aims to Subtract Pre-Movie Ads, by Kathleen
A. Ervin
"Wonka
Vision" (January/03)
From Inauspicious Debut to Timeless Classic, by Jason Zasky
"Tragic
Comics" (September/02)
It's a Hard Knock Life for the Female Superhero, by Jason Zasky
"What's
13 Letters for the American Crossword Champion?" (May/01)
Ellen Ripstein—the Susan Lucci of Crosswords—Finally Wins
the Title, by Jason Zasky
"Poetry
Verses the United States" (April/01)
The Favorite Poem Project Calls for Rhymes and Reasons, by Kathleen
A. Ervin
"Some
Kind of Wonderful" (March/01)
Frank Capra Examines Failure, by Kathleen A. Ervin
"The
Ugly American," "Pollyanna" and "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" (February/01)
A Three-Part Series Examining Failure in Literature, by Julie Stesney
"We're
Off To See The Wizard" (October/00)
Failure Takes an In-Depth Look at the Wonderful Wizard of
Oz, by Jason Zasky
"The
Failure of Christianity" and Failure Interview with Charlie
Peacock (August/00)
Bob Briner
and the Silence of the Lambs, by Jason Zasky
"Intermission"
(July/00)
The Drive-In
Reaches a Crossroads, by Amy Halloran
BUSINESS
"Luggage
Lost . . . And Found" (August/07)
Scottsboro, Alabama's Unclaimed Baggage Center, by Jason Zasky
"Worm
War I" (May/07)
Sued by Scotts, Worm Poop Start-up Makes a Stink on the Web, by
Jason Zasky
"And
Justice For All?" (March/07)
Debunking the Myth of Lawsuit Abuse, by Jason Zasky
"Road
Worthy" (January/07)
Revitalizing Route 66, by Jason Zasky
"Sub
Conscious" (February/06)
The Surprisingly Enduring Appeal of Subway Pitchman Jared Fogle,
by Greg Beato
"A
Shore Thing" (June/04)
Onshorealternatives.com Helps Americans Support Companies That Keep
Jobs at Home, by Jason Zasky
"Fork
In The Road" (June/04)
A New Book Points The Way To Healthy Highway Eateries, by Kathleen
A. Ervin
"Hot
Potato" (March/04)
Skinned by the Atkins Craze, The Potato Industry Fights Back, by
Kathleen A. Ervin
"Pay
For Performance, Stupid" (June/03)
What Suits Can Learn From the Summer's Hottest Baseball Book, "Moneyball"
by Jason Zasky
The
Failure Interview (August/02)
Peter Birkeland, author of "Franchising Dreams," by Jason
Zasky
"Turning
Over A New Leaf" (April/02)
Change from 'Prune' to 'Dried Plum' Proving Fruitful, by Jason Zasky
"Bad
Reputation" (November/01)
Forget the Jokes, Fruitcake is Serious Business, by Jason Zasky
"Last
Call" (August/01)
The End of an Era at Joe's Diner, by Jason Zasky
The
Failure Interview (April/01)
Malcolm Gladwell, by Jason Zasky
Consumer
Reports (January/01)
You've Got a Friend, by Jason Zasky
Buckley's
(December/00)
Canada's Bad Medicine, by Kathleen A. Ervin
The
Failure Interview (October/00)
Dave Ramsey, by Jason Zasky
"Trade
Secrets" (August/00)
What Wall St. Doesn't Want You to Know, by Jason Zasky
The
Failure Interview (July/00)
Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple Computer and Michael Malone,
Editor-in-Chief of Forbes ASAP, by Jason Zasky
HISTORY
"The Great White
Slope" (August/07)
Remembering the Deadliest Avalanche in U.S. History, by Jason Zasky
"Frame
Work" (June/07)
The Failure Interview: Jeffrey Feldman, Editor of the Political
Blog Frameshop, by Jason Zasky
"Name,
Rank and Serial Number" (August/06)
The Goats of West Point: Where Are They Now?, by Jason Zasky
"No
News Is Good News?" (July/06)
What You Haven't Heard About Africa, by Jason Zasky
"The
Ice Man's Greatest Hits" (July/06)
The Life and Crimes of Cold-Blooded Mafia Hit Man Richard Kuklinski,
by Jason Zasky
"Official
Spokesman" (July/05)
David Herlihy on the Rise and Fall of the Bicycle, by John Stesney
"Indian
Summer" (May/05)
The Quiet Revival of Native America, by Jason Zasky
"Sub
Par" (February/05)
The Story Of The Man Who Gave The World The Submarine, by Jason
Zasky
"The
Rodney Dangerfield of Presidents" (September/04)
Two Hundred Years After his Birth, President Franklin Pierce Still
Gets No Respect, by Jason Zasky
"Beautiful
Day" (June/04)
Could A Proposed National Holiday Help Revitalize American Democracy?,
by Jason Zasky
"Killing
Is His Business" (February/04)
The Failure Interview: Benjamin A. Valentino, Author of "Final
Solutions," by Jason Zasky
"The
Failure Interview" (February/04)
David Callahan—Author of "The Cheating Culture,"
by Jason Zasky
"Fire
Trap" (November/03)
The Legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, by Jason Zasky
"Up
The Creek Without A Paddle" (August/03)
Remembering a Tragedy: The Steamboat General Slocum (1904),
by Jason Zasky
"Burning
Down The House " (May/03)
The Iroquois Theatre Advertised Itself as "Absolutely Fireproof."
It Went Up in Flames Six Weeks After Opening, by Jason Zasky
"Cool
Customer" (April/03)
Frederic Tudor and the Frozen-Water Trade, by Jason Zasky
"Rubber
Stamp" (February/03)
How Charles Goodyear Became the First Name in Rubber, by Jason Zasky
"Let's
Pause for a Station Break" (January/03)
The Story Behind the World's Most Famous Train Wreck Photo
"Cable
Ready" and "Ball And Cane" (December/02)
Cyrus Field and the Epic Struggle to Lay the First Transatlantic
Cable/The Rise and Fall of Gutta-Percha, by Jason Zasky
"Like
A Good Neighbor, Disaster News Network Is There" (October/02)
One-of-a-Kind News Organization Keeps the Public, Disaster Responders
Informed, by Jason Zasky
The
Failure Interview (June/02)
Reverend Carroll Pickett, Author of "Within These Walls: Memoirs
of a Death House Chaplain," by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Auto
Biography" (March/02)
Failure Examines the History of the Edsel,
by Kathleen A. Ervin
"The
Hindenburg" and "Great Balls of Fire" (January/02)
A Classic Failure Revisited,
by Jason Zasky
The
Failure Interview (April/01)
Chinua Achebe,
by Jason Zasky
"Election"
(November/00)
Who You're Not Voting For This Year,
by Jack Stesney
"The
Corvair" (October/00)
Failure At Any Speed?,
by Michael Tesmacher
"Making Change" (August/00)
The Susan
B. Anthony and the Golden Dollar, by Kathleen A. Ervin
The
Failure of the Millenniums (July/00)
Charles the Hammer and the Battle of Tours [Poitiers], by Jack Stesney
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
"The Missing Link"
(January/06)
The Tay Bridge
Disaster Re-Visited, by Peter R. Lewis
"City
Limits" (July/05)
Urban Sprawl
is Hazardous to Public Health. Where Do We Go From Here?
by Jason Zasky
"A
Prescription For Trouble" (June/05)
"Dangerous
Doses" and America's Other Drug Problem, by Jason Zasky
"You
Glow Boy!" (May/04)
The Story of
a Teenager's
Nuclear Ambitions, by Jason Zasky
"Is
It In The Cards?" (May/04)
Why National
Identification Cards Won't Make Us Safer, by Bruce Schneier
"Spatially
Challenged" (April/04)
Failure
Interviews Greg Klerkx, Author of "Lost In Space," About
the Fall of NASA and the Prospects for a New Space Age, by Jason
Zasky
"Extreme
Medicine Man" (April/04)
An Interview
with Dr. Kenneth Kamler, Author of "Surviving the Extremes,"
by Jason Zasky
"Lean
Into It" (April/04)
A New Slant on
the Tower of Pisa, by Jason Zasky
"Nightmare
on Elm Street" (September/03)
Why Elm Trees
Need a Neighborhood Watch Program, by Jason Zasky
"Book
of the Dead" (July/03)
The Failure
Interview: Mary Roach, author of "Stiff," by Jason Zasky
"Afterglow"
(June/03)
Is It Lights
Out For Fireflies?, by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Get
Your Wings" (April/03)
On
the Centennial of First Flight, Rediscover the Remarkable Achievements
of the Wright Brothers,
by Jason Zasky
"Rip
in Peace?" (March/03)
For Over a Century,
Jack the Ripper Got Away With Murder. Now Best-Selling Crime Writer
Patricia Cornwell is Convinced She Knows His Identity, by Jason
Zasky
"Get
Smart" (March/03)
An Interview
with Brain and Memory Authority Tony Buzan, by Jason Zasky
"Girls,
Girls, Girls" (June/02)
Bunny, Jenny
and the 'Girls' of the Elephant Sanctuary Quietly Redefine the Model
for Captive Elephant Care, by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Round In Circles" (May/02)
M. Night Shyamalan's
"Signs" To Raise Profile of Crop Circles, by Jason Zasky
"High Anxiety" (April/02)
Cheryl Stearns
and her Quest to Break the Free Fall Record, by Jason Zasky
"The
Unforgettable Fire " (January/01)
Centralia, Pennsylvania's
Eternal Flame, by Jason Zasky
"Suspended
Animation" and "Sway It Ain't So" (November/00)
The Tacoma Narrows
Bridge and London's Millennium Bridge, by Jason Zasky
"I
Never Promised You a Rose Garden" (September/00)
The Challenges
of Engineering Roses, by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Exponent"
(July/00)
The Company That Failure Built, by Jason Zasky
SPORTS
"Loss Leaders"
(June/07)
Philly Phanatics Create Celebrate10000.com to Commemorate 10,000
Phillies' Defeats, by Jason Zasky
"Dream
Team" (October/06)
Fantasyhusband.com: Where Fantasy is Better Than Reality, by Jason
Zasky
"Un-Defeated"
(November/05)
Joshua Davis Turns Losing Into a Winning Proposition, by Jason Zasky
"Cold
Shoulder" (July/05)
Will the American Road Ever be Bicycle-Friendly?, by John Stesney
"Weighty
Words" (May/05)
A Chat With the Slow Fat Triathlete, by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Discography"
(Jan/04)
Ultimate Frisbee Makes a Bid for Commercial Acceptance, by Alex
Masulis
"Addicted
To That Rush" (Oct/03)
ESPN Pays the Price for Limbaugh's Color Analysis, by Jason Zasky
"He Used To Cut
The Grass" (July/03)
U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association Bent On Growing, Not Mowing,
by Jason Zasky
"Pay For
Performance, Stupid" (June/03)
What Suits Can Learn From the Summer's Hottest Baseball Book, "Moneyball"
by Jason Zasky
"As
The Windmill Turns" (Oct/02)
The U.S. Professional Minigolf Tour Goes For The Green, by Jason
Zasky
"American
Samoa's Dream Team" (May/02)
American Samoa Sets World Cup 2006 As Its Gooooooaaaaaal!!!, by
Jason Zasky
"Bike
Geek" (February/02)
Graeme Obree and the World Hour Record, by John Stesney
"Scoring
Slump" (October/01)
Why Scoring Baseball is Becoming a Lost Art, by Jason Zasky
"The
Unnatural" (August/01)
How Jim Morris Went From High School Teacher to Major Leaguer, by
Jason Zasky
"Picky,
Picky, Picky" (April/01)
Strange Stories from NFL Draft History, by Jason Zasky
"The
New York Islanders" (January/01)
Seven Years of Futility on Long Island—And Why the Team is
Poised to Win Again, by Jason Zasky
"Zippy
Chippy" (November/00)
A Horse With No Shame, by Jason Zasky
"The
Miss and the Music City Miracle" (September/00)
NFL Coach Bruce DeHaven Remembers, by Leo Roth
"Moe
Norman" (July/00)
The Greatest Golfer the World Has Never Known, by Jason Zasky
FLOPHOUSE
"What We Have Here is a Failure
to Communicate" (August/07)
Why We Need "Send: The Essential Guide to E-mail," by
Michael Jung
"Rockets'
Red Glare" (June/07)
Shining a Light on the Secret Air War in Iraq, by Norman Solomon
"Devil's
Advocate" (March/07)
Can Satan be Held Legally Responsible for his Actions?, by Jason
Zasky
"The
'Game' That Makes Parents Gasp" (February/07)
Exposing the Dangers of the Choking Game, by Jason Zasky
"College
Try" (November/06)
High School and the High Cost of High Achievement, by Jason Zasky
"Little
House on the Prairie" (June/06)
Prairieopportunity.com: Attracting the Modern-Day Ingalls Family
to Northwest North Dakota, by Jason Zasky
"Enough Already" (November/05)
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement Thanks You For Not Breeding,
by Gregory Dicum
"Relax,
It's FedEx" (August/05)
Bed? Couch? Desk? Don't Worry. There's A FedEx For That, by Jason
Zasky
"The
Case Of The Disappearing Detectives" (June/05)
The Hardy Boys Vanish, Then Reappear As The Undercover Brothers,
by Jason Zasky
"Back
Talk" (January/05)
Protesters Plan To Turn Their Backs On Bush At The President's Inauguration
Parade, by Jason Zasky
"For
The Individual Who Has Everything" (August/04)
Eight Strange Consumer Products
"The
Failure Interview" (April/04)
Paul Waldman, author of "Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush
Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You," by Jason Zasky
"A
Dear John Dot-Com" (February/04)
Breakupservice.com Means Never Having to Say Goodbye, by Jason Zasky
"A
Whisper Of Smoke" (October/03)
The Enduring Legend of the Bell Witch, by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Walk
This Way" (August/03)
How One Man's Epiphany is Changing How America Walks, by Jason Zasky
"Total Recall"
(March/03)
Remembering the 2003 USA Memory Championship, by Jason Zasky
"Mr. Clean" (November/02)
Educator Tom Keating Aims to Tidy Up School Restrooms, by Jason
Zasky
"Food
For Thought" (October/02)
A Sampling of the FDA's Food Action Defect Levels
"Arch
Enemy" (July/02)
The Strange Addiction of "The Footstomper"—and How
he Kicked the Habit, by Jason Zasky
"Point
Of No Return" (September/01)
Saving Dead Letters at the Mail Recovery Center, by Kathleen A.
Ervin
"Iraqi
Airlines" (June/01)
An Airline That Loves to Fly—And for the First Time in a Decade—it
Shows, by Jason Zasky
"Don't
You Want Me, Baby?" (March/01)
Rajasthan, India Gives New Meaning to the Term "Young Love,"
by Kathleen A. Ervin
"Yes,
Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" (December/00)
He's at 33rd and 8th in New York City, by Jason Zasky
"Workaholics
Anonymous" (November/00)
Potential Members Too Busy, by Derek Spencer
"Jail
Bait" (September/00)
A Picture Says a Thousand Words, by Jason Zasky
"A
League of Their Own" (July/00)
Dead Sports Leagues Live Again Online, by Jason Zasky
MARKETING
"Spread
Alert" (August/00)
Low Cholesterol, Low Fat and Low Sales, by Robert McMath
"Kellogg's
Breakfast Mates" (July/00)
It's Not For Breakfast Anymore, by Robert McMath
FAILURE OF
THE YEAR
"Failure
of the Year 2005" (December/05)
George W. Bush, by Jason Zasky
"Failure
of the Year 2004" (December/04)
The American Voter, by Jason Zasky
"Failure
of the Year 2003" (December/03)
The Bush Administration, by Jason Zasky
"Failure
of the Year 2002" (December/02)
The Augusta National Controversy, by Jason Zasky
"Failure
of the Year 2001" (December/01)
Terrorism,
by Jason Zasky
"Failure
of the Year 2000" (December/00)
The Collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process,
by Jack Stesney
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