Person of Interest 2016 Longlist
A delightfully caustic rundown of (in)famous people that have had a big impact this year – it manages to avoid some of the obvious choices and links to further reading on each entrant.
Homer and Harold
Harold Israel and Homer Cummings were from very different backgrounds and met when the latter was the state’s attorney in the former’s 1924 murder trial. Cummings proceeded to deliver a performance that “will live in the annals as a standard by which other prosecutors will be judged.” More remarkable even than that is the enduring involvement they had in each other’s lives. The story of the trial was noteworthy enough to be made into a film, but the story of their lifelong association is just as remarkable.
The Trouble with Defectors
A former weapons inspector explains the challenges in working with defectors from regimes under investigation, looking at prominent Russian, North Korean and Iraqi defectors.
The Man Who Cleans Up After Plane Crashes
The person they call when really bad things happen. Kenyon International is the firm often called in to manage the aftermath of plane crashes and other disasters.
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
The remarkable story of a family who lived nearly half a decade totally cut off from the rest of humanity.