Jeremy Wilson spent years crisscrossing the country and inventing new identities. A war hero, an MIT grad, a Hollywood journalist, an IRA operative—Jeremy has claimed to be all those things and more. And oh, what a mess he's made. By Guy Lawson.

There are definitely some giant mistakes you shouldn't make. By Caroline Thompson.

This liberal philosopher predicted Trump’s rise in 1998 — and he has another warning for the left. By Sean Illing. (Jan. 12, 2018)

Bringing Amazon HQ2 to Chicago was the dream of only Mayor Rahm and his faithful sidekick Governor Rauner—both of whom will be leaving office shortly, thank you very much. By Ben Joravsky.

Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was hailed for turning the dream of regenerative medicine into a reality – until he was exposed as a con artist and false prophet. By John Rasko and Carl Power.

EVE Online is infamous for its scammers, pirates, and ne’er-do-wells, but this week all their scams were put to shame. A member of the game’s Council of Stellar Management and head diplomat of the Circle of Two alliance named The Judge stole all of the holdings of the 4,000-person alliance for himself. He took their money, took their ships, and sold their Death Star-esque space citadel to their most hated enemies. By Lee Yancy.

The story of Tom Corbally, a private investigator whose career crisscrossed continents and spanned decades, is its own secret history of the 20th century. By Eamon Javers.

Growing up in Florida, watching the natural world disappear—and fearing the day of reckoning. By Dexter Filkins. (Sept. 10, 2017)

Money that was promised to provide “tens of thousands of people with permanent homes” reportedly only made it to a total of six. By Timothy T. Schwartz.

It’s not easy to evict someone in California. Usually that’s a good thing. By Ian Gordon. (Dec. 29, 2016)

A look inside the hunt to catch one of the country’s biggest con men. By Daniel Fromson.

On Wall Street, Andrew J. Hall is known, even feted, as an aggressive trader with nerves of steel, capable of earning a $100 million bonus in a single year. His particular skill: spotting opportunities in high-stakes oil markets. When he turned to constructing a personal art collection… By Graham Bowley.

Greedy super PACs drained the movement with endless pleas for money to support “conservative” candidates—while instead using the money to enrich themselves. I should know. I worked for one of them. By Paul H. Jossey. (Aug. 14, 2016)

Carlos Lozada reviews "The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It. . . Every Time" by Maria Konnikova. (Jan. 7)