“Have you ever kept a secret from your wife?” asked the polygraph examiner. For nearly two decades I had been grooming myself to be the perfect candidate for one of the premier U.S. government intelligence agencies. These institutions require absolute loyalty, which means you are supposed to keep secrets for them, not from them. “Yes,…
Anthony Zraly was signing paperwork on his first day of a sales job at T. Edward Wines and Spirits in Manhattan, in January 2019, when he noticed David Keith Henderson sitting at a nearby desk. Hoping to get the attention of Mr. Henderson, who goes by Keith, Mr. Zraly started speaking loudly about his interests,…
In the summer of 2017, Mrinal Kalakrishnan and Preeti Murali Talwai arrived at a crossroads. They had met the previous October as colleagues at Google’s X research lab, also known as “the moonshot factory,” in Mountain View, Calif. Ms. Talwai was told to consult with Dr. Kalakrishnan, who holds a Ph.D. in computer science from…
Marvina Robinson fell in love with champagne as a “broke college student,” when she and her friends would scrape together enough money to buy a bottle or two, for no particular reason, except to enjoy. From then, she had a goal: to create her own label, along with a place to sample it. In February…
Name: Gabriel Gomez Age: 31 Hometown: Brooklyn Currently Lives: On the top floor of a brownstone in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, with his girlfriend. Claim to Fame: Mr. Gomez is a commercial video director for fashion brands including Nike, North Face, Dr. Martens and H&M, known for his encyclopedic knowledge of New York subcultures.…
She worked with a teacher from the center to better understand her past relationships, warts and all. Afterward, “I decided that, unless it was a relationship where there’s a higher purpose and benefits to the world, I didn’t want to engage in it,” said Ms. Saraf, who grew up in Israel and Switzerland before moving…
When both graduated from law school in 2019, Ms. Davis cum laude, they moved to Washington together, where they spent hours in law libraries cramming for the bar exam (both passed). Ms. Davis, 28, is now an associate at the Washington office of the law firm Hogan Lovells. Ms. Naseef, 30, who also holds a…
Now that the show is on a streaming platform, did you ever consider using more explicit language or content?We talked about it at the beginning. For one thing, it doesn’t seem like them anymore; it seems less innocent. But also, there’s something about them saying stupid things like “butt wagon.” They’re just really dumb and…
Another season, another Vogue story on a politician causing a kerfuffle. After the hoo-ha over the magazine not giving Melania Trump a cover (even though Michelle Obama got three) and the to-do over Kamala Harris’s “relaxed” portrait being chosen over her more formal cover try, comes a new controversy, related to a “digital cover” released…
Courtesy Isn’t it funny how you always seem to have an overflowing stock of bags, yet never have the right bag for your needs? You’ve got reusable shopping bags and canvas totes galore, but when it comes time to pack for that long weekend away or night out, you come up short on the best…