Karl Lagerfeld, boy prince of fashion / Vanessa Grigoriadis -- Rules of engagement / William Langewiesche -- Our oceans are turning into plastic ... are we? / Susan Casey -- The school / C.J. Chivers -- He knew he was right / Ian Parker -- Murdering the impossible / Caroline Alexander -- The other side of hate / Andrew Corsello -- Blinded by science: when first we clicked / Bruno Maddox -- Prairie fire / Eric Konigsberg -- Russell and Mary / Michael Donohue -- Inside scientology / Janet Reitman -- The loved ones / Tom Junod -- Living with geese / Paul Theroux -- Rhymes with rich / Sandra Tsing Loh -- The Vietnam syndrome / Christopher Hitchens -- The tracks of my tears / Stuart Klawans -- The storm of style / Alex Ross -- The strange career of Doctor Raju Gopalarajan / Rajesh Parameswaran.