Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

Hey, did you read:

• About departing attorney general Eric Holder's legacy of advancing civil rights while also encroaching on civil liberties? —Mick Dumke

• About the professor who believes that the Department of Defense manufactured Ebola? —Molly Raskin

• This Guardian report on "what makes a terrorist"? —Ben Sachs

• About the Wisconsin Republican candidate for Congress who opposes a weekly day of rest? —Tony Adler

• That in his final at-bat in Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter delivered? —Steve Bogira

• About shaker pints and beer glassware in America? —John Dunlevy

• The NYT's profile of Paul Thomas Anderson and his forthcoming adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice? —Tal Rosenberg

• About William Faulkner's brief career in the insurance business? —Aimee Levitt