field-guide

How to Tell If You're a Plagiarist

Hamilton Nolan · 08/02/10 10:40AM

Disturbing word from the halls of academia: kids these days don't know what the hell plagiarism is. All the internet copying and pasting has frazzled their young brains to the point of incomprehension. Kids! An easy guide is below.

A Guide to Subway Safety

Hamilton Nolan · 05/18/10 11:15AM

In the last six months, three New Yorkers have died after hopping down onto the subway tracks to retrieve something they dropped. Subways are not funhouse playlands! Are you being unsafe underground? This easy guide should help.

When to Say Something: A Practical Guide

Hamilton Nolan · 05/05/10 03:10PM

The authorities instruct: If You See Something, Say Something. That's how they found the car bomb, you know! Of course, this is hardly practical. You see something every day in New York. When to actually say something? A guide, below.

Mark Pincus: The Facebook Desperado Making Off with Millions

Ryan Tate · 04/29/10 04:39PM

Gaming mogul Mark Pincus trashed-talked his way to Wall Street's gutter, trafficked scammy Facebook ads, and is now targeted in a class-action lawsuit. The FarmVille creator's now reaping $450 million in annual revenue and may go public. Revenge is his.

The Sexual Lives of News Anchors: A Guide

Maureen O'Connor · 02/23/10 05:56AM

Jeff Toobin's fetish is too-hot-to-print. Outing Anderson is a national pastime and Barbara Walters has more sex than you do. If gravitas, hairspray, and that thousand-mile teleprompter gaze are your thing, here's your dossier for meth-smoking, anal-fisting, camera-loving news anchors.

How to Make Fun of Twentysomethings

Hamilton Nolan · 02/01/10 04:49PM

Have you heard about this kid, James O'Keefe? Grandiosely playing journalist and getting arrested in the classic Watergate fashion—why, his hilariously mis-channeled post-college angst is enough to make you write a How-To list mocking his whole godforsaken age demographic!