The Electric Typewriter

Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.
20th Oct

by Devin Friedman

Would you like bottle service at one of our dance-floor tables? That’ll be another $10,000. How about a 30-liter bottle of champagne to share with a dozen women you’ve never met? $250,000.

4th Sep

by Devin Friedman

Hi, my name is Devin Friedman, and I like Sting. And yes, I’m wearing J.Crew. And I could really go for a Chipotle burrito. I’m middlebrow. Admit it. So are you.

29th Jul

by Devin Friedman

Bernardo Provenzano was the boss of all bosses of the Sicilian Mafia. He had been a fugitive since 1963, longer than anyone else anywhere in the world. Then, last April, on a small farm near Corleone, his years on the run came to an end.

9th Jul

by Devin Friedman

Why one would take out an ad on the Internet looking for a black friend is a legitimate question. Here’s my answer…