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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Sam Anderson
A few days later, The Peekskill Blade printed a facsimile of this odd answer, just as the Old Leatherman wrote it. What did it mean? There were debates. Some thought the Old Leatherman must have been writing his birthday, in the European style: “15/3/42” — or March 15, 1842. (This would have made him 42 years old.) Some, drunk on the mythology of the Old Leatherman, took it at face value, as evidence that he was 15,342 years old.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Sam Anderson
The Old Leatherman was a sort of real-life Northeastern Sasquatch. Curious citizens went plunging into the woods to investigate. What they found surprised them. The Old Leatherman's caves were orderly, complete with primitive fireplaces, sleeping areas and stores of food (meat, hickory nuts). Under one slab of rock, he had dug out an apple cellar. In some forests, he kept well-tended gardens.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Anderson
Friday night in Detroit, as people bought hats and ate hot dogs and sang along to rock anthems, the Chicago White Sox pulled off a staggering feat. They lost their 121st game of the season, vaulting themselves into modern baseball history by breaking the record for most losses, one previously held by the 1962 Mets.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Anderson
In the fourth inning of a ridiculous baseball game - ridiculous even by the standards of the 2024 Chicago White Sox - I wandered out into the stands to meet Beefloaf. Beefloaf sits in Section 108. I'd noticed him earlier, from across the stadium, because a White Sox home run (a rare thing) had gone sailing past the right field foul pole and landed near his seat.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Wesley Morris |Sam Anderson |Elyssa Dudley |Paula Szuchman |Wendy Dorr |Daniel Ramirez
"The Power Broker" is a big book with a reputation to match. Just having it on your bookshelf is a flex. Earlier this year, our critic Wesley Morris decided to take it off his shelf and actually read it. The book, first published in 1974, was written by Robert Caro and tells the story of the famed urban planner Robert Moses' rise to power and how he went on to shape the New York City we know today.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
ksl.com | Jacob Anderson |Sam Anderson
SALT LAKE CITY — Heading into the summer with sometimes triple-digit temperature highs, now is more important than ever to practice grilling safety when cooking outside. "Sixteen percent of all grill fires happen in July historically, and that's followed by a close second of June. So, we are right there in the heat of this danger," said Benjamin Porter, public information officer with the United Fire Authority.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Anderson
Walnut rescued me from death more than once—but not in the way you might think.
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May 30, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Anderson |Cristal Duhaime |Larissa Anderson |Kaitlin Roberts |Wendy Dorr |Marion Lozano
Hi, I'm Sam Anderson. This is my podcast, "Animal." Follow me on a journey to meet new creatures and the people who love them. Episode 5 tracks our pilgrimage to an obscure memorial in rural Japan: the statue of the last Japanese wolf. The "Animal" team debated, for a long time, whether or not to make this trip. The place was hard to get to - from Tokyo, it takes several trains and taxis, and then a long drive into the countryside.
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May 30, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Anderson |Kaitlin Roberts |Wendy Dorr |Marion Lozano |Dan Powell
The first five episodes of "Animal" featured creatures that are easy to love: Walnut, puffins, manatees, ferrets and the poor extinct Japanese wolf. But the more I thought about this, the more it seemed unfair. We can't just go around respecting animals because they're cute. What about all the many millions of beings who are slimy, lumpy, stinky, freaky, ugly, bitey, etc.? Don't they deserve our attention and respect? Shouldn't they be seen and encountered?
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May 15, 2024 | 
medium.com | Sam Anderson
By Sam Anderson Welcome to Video Game spotlight, where each week we look at a different video game! It's been a while since the last update to this series but we are back now, and this week - Kingdom Rush! Kingdom Rush is a tower defence game developed by Ironhide game studio and published by Armor Games. Originally released as a browser game in July of 2011 followed by ports for mobile. The game is host...
