“The Internet is paradigmatic magic,” writes New York-based cultural critic Virginia Heffernan. “It turns experiences from the material world that used to be densely physical … into frictionless, ...

In the words that follow, I’ll introduce you to an Internet magic company CEO, an old-school grandmaster, a magic historian and a passionate amateur just back from Iraq. And I’ll pull back the curtain ...

Dai Vernon was a young father, and he needed money. He wasn’t broke, but he sure wasn’t rich. He wanted to perform magic, not get a proper job. And back in the 1930s, proper jobs were hard to come by, ...