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Slate contributor Timothy Noah shares an essay about his experiences representing his deceased wife, journalist Marjorie Williams, on a book tour. Williams wrote for Vanity Fair and The Washington Post for many years. Her last book, The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, And Fate, is an essay collection of her observations about life in Washington, D.C.

Gold Creek, Mont., has no stores, gas stations or bars, and its one church is closed. But it is rich in grazing land, and it still has a one-room school that is turning out above-average students.

Where did the name grapefruit come from? It's an obvious misnomer. There's nothing grape about the fruit. Some have tried to explain away physical reasons for the name. But the truth lies in that alley of language containing other mixed words, like eggplant.

Evidence suggests that a British Petroleum oil spill in Alaska earlier this year -- at 200,000 gallons, the biggest spill ever on the North Slope -- may have been the result of poor pipe maintenance. Now there are renewed efforts to hold the company accountable.

António Guterres also extended condolences to the families of the 10 people who were killed in the shooting.

Whether it's a tool in the global war on terror or a neighborhood's fight against drugs, the use of interrogation is a contentious practice. A range of people who have conducted interrogations talk about what works, what doesn't and what should change.

Two of the nation's biggest telecom companies have come forward to say they did not comply with government requests to turn over customer records. But other companies appear to have been more cooperative. It seems that some companies likely went along with the request, while others said no.

Some 200 million farmers have left behind their families and fields to forge a living in China's booming cities. The phenomenon has been described as the biggest internal migration in the history of the world.

Bettye LaVette is currently celebrating her 60th birthday, and her latest album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. And as she's done for four decades, she's still raising hell on the concert circuit.

Daniel Okrent was the first ombudsman of The New York Times. His new book is a behind-the-scenes look at the art and politics of America's most respected newspaper. Okrent has spent more than 25 years in the print-media business, with writing and editing jobs at Esquire, Time and Life magazines.

Senate conservatives push through an immigration-bill amendment calling for 370 miles of fencing to be built along the U.S.-Mexico border -- a measure that saw only 16 senators voting "no." The Senate is in its second attempt to pass an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.

Much of Cambodia's psyche is connected to water -- the Water Festival is a national holiday -- and fish supplies as much as 70 percent of the protein in the nation's diet. But there are fears the world's most productive fishery may be on the decline.