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Kevin Canfield is a writer in New York. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Film Comment, Bookforum, and other publications.

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The Sinister Scientist Behind the CIA’s Mind-Control Mayhem

BAD CHEMISTRY

A new book digs deep into the horrifying career of Sidney Gottlieb, the scientist who ran the CIA's damaging and possibly lethal experiments in drug-induced mind control.

Kevin Canfield | Published Nov 30, 2019

He Went Down the Manson Rabbit Hole and Barely Escaped

CHASING SHADOWS

In 1999, author Tom O’Neill accepted a magazine request to write about the Manson murders. Twenty years later, he’s still on the case.

Kevin Canfield | Published Aug 04, 2019

The Cold Case That Haunted ‘Black Hawk Down’ Author

TRUE CRIME

In 1975, two Maryland girls went missing. Forty years later, a break in the case lured the ‘Black Hawk Down’ author back to investigate a story he’d covered as a young reporter.

Kevin Canfield | Published May 04, 2019

Freed Iranian Hostage: 'They Messed With the Wrong Guy.'

ORDEAL

The more time Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife spent in an Iranian prison, the clearer it became that he was being jailed for doing his job.

Kevin Canfield | Published Jan 26, 2019

FBI’s Spying on Writers Was Literary Criticism at Its Worst

FUNNY BUT FRIGHTENING

According to the nation’s top cops, James Baldwin was a ‘pervert,’ Norman Mailer was ‘difficult to read,’ and Susan Sontag was ‘subversive.’

Kevin Canfield | Published Sep 08, 2018

The Selfie Isn’t the Problem. We Are.

Kalokagathia

Technology may be amplifying our egotism, but its roots go way, way back, a new book argues.

Kevin Canfield | Published Mar 29, 2018

College Football Should Just Go Pro

DISGRACED

A new book argues that football booster clubs, tax exemptions, and academic hypocrisy have so thoroughly tainted college football that any remedies or reforms may be too late.

Kevin Canfield | Published Sep 23, 2017

Here’s How to Fix Trump’s Border Wall

Good Fences

There are already 650 miles of walls and other barriers on the U.S.-Mexican border, so it’s not like we don’t know what works and what doesn’t. So let’s get constructive about the construction.

Kevin Canfield | Published Apr 16, 2017

One Day: Ten Kids, Ten Guns, Ten Deaths

Gun Culture

Selecting one fall day in 2013, reporter Gary Younge exposes the toll of gun violence in the U.S. by focusing on the lives of 10 children across the country who were shot to death.

Kevin Canfield | Published Oct 24, 2016

How Senior Citizens Almost Stole Nukes

TROUBLING

Author Dan Zak talks about the strange case of three elderly activists who easily broke into ‘the Fort Knox of Uranium’ in 2012.

Kevin Canfield | Published Aug 14, 2016

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