The 6th Floor Blog: How to Read Like a Reporter Who Gets Behind the Scenes

Stephen Rodrick is a contributing writer for the magazine. His last article was about the making of the film "The Canyons," starring Lindsay Lohan and directed by Paul Schrader. HarperCollins will publish his first book, "The Magical Stranger," in May.Book...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Songs for the Week, Surpassingly Cool Edition

Wm. Ferguson creates "The Music They Made," an end-of-the-year tribute to musicians as part of our annual The Lives They Lived  Issue. Here he presents three songs you should listen to this week.''Paris 1919,'' John CaleI had the good luck last...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Books in the Sun

As a graphic designer for a print publication, I am heavily invested in the question of whether print will ever die. (No!) One way I reassure myself is by looking at the niche market of art books, which appears to be alive and well.For example, the first L.A....

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The 6th Floor Blog: Opening a Sketchbook and Finding a Spark

Some photographs start with a sketch. Ina Jang, the photographer behind this past weekend's cover story on restitution for victims of child pornography, has been keeping sketchbooks since 2006. It was that year that Jan arrived in New York to study at...

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It’s the Economy: Do Unions Have a Shot in the 21st Century?

Illustration by Jasper Rietman For 25 years, Monty Newcomb has worked at the same chemical plant in Calvert City, Ky., making products that hold pills together and remove sediment from beer. In his early years, Newcomb watched his union, the International...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Five-Ku: Haikus About Jason Statham

Correction AppendedWhile the world was scrambling to anoint the next big action hero — a crown that has rested, often uneasily, on the brows of everyone from Vin Diesel to Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson to Tayler Lautner to Chloe Moretz — Jason Statham sort...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Making Doughnuts in the Snow

Looking out our windows on the sixth floor of the Times building on Saturday, Kathy Ryan, our director of photography and resident Instagram fanatic, spotted this sight. She climbed to the 10th and 11th floors of the building to capture the image, which...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Opening a Sketchbook and Finding a Spark

Some photographs start with a sketch. Ina Jang, the photographer behind this past weekend's cover story on restitution for victims of child pornography, has been keeping sketchbooks since 2006. It was that year that Jan arrived in New York to study at...

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It’s the Economy: Do Unions Have a Shot in the 21st Century?

Illustration by Jasper Rietman For 25 years, Monty Newcomb has worked at the same chemical plant in Calvert City, Ky., making products that hold pills together and remove sediment from beer. In his early years, Newcomb watched his union, the International...

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Stair Racing, a Sport to Make an Ironman Whimper

Stephen Ferry/Redux, for The New York Times A runner climbs a 48-floor building in the Ascenso Torre Colpatria race in Bogotá, Colombia. When you watch the video from the start of last February's Empire State Building Run-Up, an 86-story stair...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Jim Courier Wins Australian Open Again

As if the gutty, four-hour, five-set Australian Open semifinal today between Andy Murray and Roger Federer weren't enough to make East Coast tennis fans glad they woke up at 3:30 a.m. to watch it live, viewers who hung on to see Jim Courier's interview...

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Look: Popping Wheelies in Charm City

It's illegal to ride dirt bikes on the streets of Baltimore, which is part of the thrill for the young men who do so anyway, usually on Sunday afternoons, in a noisy display that city residents call both intimidating and thrilling. The Baltimore police...

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Stair Racing, a Sport to Make an Ironman Whimper

Stephen Ferry/Redux, for The New York Times A runner climbs a 48-floor building in the Ascenso Torre Colpatria race in Bogotá, Colombia. When you watch the video from the start of last February's Empire State Building Run-Up, an 86-story stair...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Jim Courier Wins Australian Open Again

As if the gutty, four-hour, five-set Australian Open semifinal today between Andy Murray and Roger Federer weren't enough to make East Coast tennis fans glad they woke up at 3:30 a.m. to watch it live, viewers who hung on to see Jim Courier's interview...

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Look: Popping Wheelies in Charm City

It's illegal to ride dirt bikes on the streets of Baltimore, which is part of the thrill for the young men who do so anyway, usually on Sunday afternoons, in a noisy display that city residents call both intimidating and thrilling. The Baltimore police...

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Stair Racing, a Sport to Make an Ironman Whimper

Stephen Ferry/Redux, for The New York Times A runner climbs a 48-floor building in the Ascenso Torre Colpatria race in Bogotá, Colombia. When you watch the video from the start of last February's Empire State Building Run-Up, an 86-story stair...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Jim Courier Wins Australian Open Again

As if the gutty, four-hour, five-set Australian Open semifinal today between Andy Murray and Roger Federer weren't enough to make East Coast tennis fans glad they woke up at 3:30 a.m. to watch it live, viewers who hung on to see Jim Courier's interview...

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Eat: Surf and Turf Revisited

Sam Kaplan for The New York Times; Food stylist: Suzanne Lenzer. Prop stylist: Theo Vamvounakis. Even the best foods can become tiresome, which is the only reason you would ever do anything with oysters other than opening and swallowing them. For...

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The 6th Floor Blog: How to Read Like a Blog Boss

Edith Zimmerman is the founder and editor of the Web site The Hairpin. Her most recent articles for the magazine were about Candace Bushnell and Joseph P. Kennedy III.Book I'm reading now:"If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence...

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Could Cyril Ramaphosa Be the Best Leader South Africa Has Not Yet Had?

Pieter Hugo for The New York Times Cyril Ramaphosa, who was elected by the African National Congress in December to be the deputy president of the A.N.C. By the time I met Cyril Ramaphosa in 1992, he was Nelson Mandela's choreographer at the negotiations...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Taryn Simon and Aaron Swartz's Experiment with Images

When Taryn Simon, a photographer and artist, collaborated with the computer programmer Aaron Swartz last April, she noticed that the way he logged into his online accounts seemed exceptionally complex. "The length of time it took to enter his password...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Where Dead Animals Seem Alive

The American Museum of Natural History has been a source of inspiration since I moved to New York more than eight years ago. One of my first trips there was with my drawing class during my freshman year at the School of Visual Arts. We were assigned...

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How Good Does Karaoke Have to Be to Qualify as Art?

John Brophy, the mastermind of America's greatest karaoke night, lives in a well-kept bungalow in a neighborhood of small homes in southeast Portland, Ore. When I visited on a weekday afternoon last spring, Brophy, then 36, wore a ringer T-shirt and...

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The 6th Floor Blog: Behind the Cover Story: Luke Mogelson on Embedding with the Afghan Army

Luke Mogelson, a contributing writer for the magazine, wrote this week's cover article about going on patrol with the Afghan National Army. He recently wrote for the magazine about the Afghanistan- Pakistan-Iran border region and a hospital in Kabul....

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Well: The Appetite Workout

Every January, many people start working out, hoping to lose weight. But as studies attest, exercise often produces little or no weight loss — and even weight gain — and resolutions are soon abandoned. But new science suggests that if you stick with...

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The Ethicist: Must I Get a Flu Shot?

The calculus of getting a flu shot is pretty straightforward: If I don't, I could get sick — and potentially get a bunch of other people sick too. I work in an open-air office, eat in crowded restaurants and take the subway. But here's the thing: I...

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Obama’s First Term: A Romantic Oral History

Nadav Kander for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: Joseph R. Biden Jr., vice president; Desirée Rogers, former White House social secretary; Jon Favreau, speechwriting director; Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff; Valerie Jarrett,...

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