Ben McGrath

Two urban Shackletons braved the elements for a clandestine, moonlit canoe excursion down each of the Park’s waterways, from the Harlem Meer in the north to the Pond in the south, dodging the police and “Star Wars” reënactors along the way, Ben McGrath writes.

Ben McGrath on the transcontinental canoe trips and disappearance of an eccentric Navy vet.

The rise of Tea Party activism.

The next generation of bionic prostheses.

Ben McGrath writes about Tim Wakefield and the effectiveness of the knuckleball, a baseball pitch that moves unpredictably in the air.