Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm.I'm often intrigued by disaster stories, especially those that are ( Read more... )

I've seen a number of local prosecutors announce they will refuse to enforce laws against abortion now that these laws can be passed by democratically-elected state legislatures ( Read more... )