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"Why's this so good?" No. 17: Meyer Berger delivers on deadline

"Why’s this so good?" No. 17: Meyer Berger delivers on deadline

The Pulitzer Prize for breaking news tends to go to a massive team effort, often one in which a dozen or more reporters feed material to one, two or even…
October 25, 2011

“Why’s this so good?" No. 16: David Foster Wallace on the vagaries of cruising

For seven days and seven nights in mid-March of 1995, David Foster Wallace took a cruise. He did not have a very good time. The results of the voyage are…
October 18, 2011
“Why’s this so good?” No. 15: Michael Lewis’ Greek odyssey

“Why’s this so good?” No. 15: Michael Lewis’ Greek odyssey

Last October, with the Greek bond crisis emerging as a danger to the European economy, Michael Lewis wrote a piece for Vanity Fair about an order of monks accused of…
October 11, 2011
“Why’s this so good?” No. 14: Sandra Cate on DIY cooking in a county jail

“Why’s this so good?” No. 14: Sandra Cate on DIY cooking in a county jail

Freed from the captivity of home cookery and the rarefied practice of restaurant criticism, food is now a legitimate lens for thoughtful cultural journalism. It’s also a massive revenue generator…
October 6, 2011
“Why's this so good?” No. 13: Gene Weingarten peels the Great Zucchini

“Why’s this so good?” No. 13: Gene Weingarten peels the Great Zucchini

The Great Zucchini has a secret. And in “The Peekaboo Paradox,” Gene Weingarten exhumes the history that haunts the most popular children’s entertainer in Washington, D.C. The story, which ran…
September 27, 2011
“Why’s this so good?” No. 11: Tom Junod on Mister Rogers and grace

“Why’s this so good?” No. 11: Tom Junod on Mister Rogers and grace

When I was living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and came back sometime later to see what was left, one of the things I found was the November 1998…
September 13, 2011
“Why’s this so good?” No. 10: Ralph Wiley tackles Jim Brown

“Why’s this so good?” No. 10: Ralph Wiley tackles Jim Brown

In “Nobody Else is Jim Brown,” sportswriter Ralph Wiley constructs a profile of perhaps the greatest football player in NFL history, a man so legendary that the word legend actually applies.…
September 6, 2011
“Why’s This So Good?” No. 9: Herbert Muschamp builds a metaphor

“Why’s This So Good?” No. 9: Herbert Muschamp builds a metaphor

What do Silly Putty, Superman and Marilyn Monroe have to do with architecture?Short answer: Nothing.Long answer:  Herbert Muschamp. In 1997, New York Times architecture critic Muschamp traveled to a then…
August 23, 2011
“Why's this so good?” No. 8: Katherine Boo takes on the ties that bind

“Why's this so good?” No. 8: Katherine Boo takes on the ties that bind

I only saw my great-aunt a few times – she lived far away – but in my family, she was kind of a legend. She wore purple every day, and kept a stash of…
August 16, 2011
“Why’s this so good?” No. 7: Barry Siegel and the weight of consequences

“Why’s this so good?” No. 7: Barry Siegel and the weight of consequences

On a bright autumn morning, a man drives into the wilderness of the Utah mountains. As he arrives, the sun glows, the clouds float, the aspens glimmer in a passing…
August 9, 2011