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" Typically, if a politician makes immigration an issue, it's because of the belief that immigrants are taking jobs from Americans. "

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" Sports like sailing, rowing, and bobsled have long vexed spectators and television producers. "

" Endnotes, often confused with footnotes that live at the bottom of a page, is that lump of text at the end of the book, sometimes even relegated to a tiny font size. They're often forgotten but, in nonfiction, particularly history books, can offer a fascinating footprint into the author's research, a joyful, geeky abyss. "

" Some Americans, like those working in government or nonprofits, know the consequences of having their salaries public. "

" The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of context. "

" Yachting may call to mind champagne flutes and seersucker, but danger and risk have always been a part of the America's Cup. "

" There are good reasons for not wanting to host the Olympics. The Games can be costly and, in spite of their patriotic overtones, can unintentionally expose a nation's weaknesses to the world. "

" The fitness industry has long thrived off the well-intended coming through their doors and signing up with dreams of self-improvement, only to fade into their couches. Those who stick with it often feel like hamsters on treadmills. "

" Competing in junior fencing requires lessons, equipment, and travel that may cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month, keeping talented athletes from wielding sabers or masks. "

" Long before social media made things like bib replication easier, banditing at major races was viewed as a brave act. Rebellious runners like John Tarrant gatecrashed races as a political statement, in protest of rules about amateurism that limited how much money athletes could earn in appearance fees and endorsements. "

" Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us many glorious moments. "

" London, Ontario, sits halfway between Detroit and Buffalo, a description that applies as much to its soul as to its geographical coordinates. "

" In the modern road-running era, digital photography has intersected with weekend-warrior culture, creating a golden age of social-media humblebragging. For some, the marathon course is sacred ground. For others, it's a personal movie set. "

" Individual participation in the stock market through 401(k)s helped fuel the go-go days of Wall Street in the 1980s and birthed asset management juggernauts like Fidelity, Vanguard, Pimco, BlackRock, and dozens of others. "

" As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And it isn't only law. Medical schools often have committees to evaluate cases and mitigating factors but are generally reluctant to admit ex-inmates. "

" If bingeing on bad emergency-room-themed television has taught me anything, it's that crisis situations bring out the best and worst in people. "

" In reporting, you will often be humbled by the courage others have in telling and trusting you with their tale, no two alike. "

" I was an ambidextrous child, and the symmetry of roller skating was a welcome respite from my awkwardness with physical activities that involved a ball or a racket. "

" If workplaces that enlist happiness consultants really care about worker satisfaction, why not offer better maternity and paternity policies? Daycare options? They could advise managers to stop calling workers to come in on weekends or expect them to answer emails late on weeknights. "

" No one in my family was a journalist, and it didn't seem like a real job. Part of me still doesn't think it is. "

" By the middle of the century, retirement culture - exemplified by timeshares in Florida, the golf industry, and AARP membership - was booming. Americans, it turned out, were pretty good at figuring out how not to do anything in their twilight years. "

" Women in finance bore the brunt of layoffs more than their male counterparts during the Great Recession in 2008 and were also more likely to have been in back office jobs that were replaced by computers. "

" Despite the laserlike focus it generates, 'Tetris' has no clear endpoint and no easily defined opponents. Unlike with most other video games, you're playing only against yourself, without any concrete goals other than to keep on fitting blocks into other blocks. "

" Wall Street trading floors have long been seen as bastions of testosterone that rewarded, literally, those with sharp elbows who could throw a punch. "

" The first few days without a cellphone were difficult. I felt liberated from the static of Facebook and Twitter but feared that I had missed some email or call that someone had died. "

" Increasingly, football fans are arguing that the game is bloated with too much down time. The officiating is clumsy. "

" 'Power breaking,' also called Hanmadang - which means something like celebration or festival in Korean - involves breaking large amounts of wood, concrete, granite, and the like with specific hand and foot techniques. Practitioners rely on repeated resistance training and the idea that, over time, the body can adapt to stress. "

" We spend millions on fitness each year, yet we seem to get fatter. "

" Once you let go of the idea of waiting for a magical lightning bolt of genius to hit, you can really get to work. "

" It's still thrilling, even if my work is something that people even pretend they're interested in on a first date or at a cocktail party. "

" As a journalist and longtime photographer, I love Instagram and the connection it gives me to my friends and family as I journey afar or for me to view their lives from my perch back home. "