Obama Envy Obama Envy
(Or, Why Isn’t Orange the New Black?) How great am I? As great as one can be. So why do they admire him, not me? The phony press keeps saying he’s got class, Implying I’m a blimp-l…
Jun 21, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3470 Puzzle No. 3470
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 What led to denials! (6,7) 9 Retreating generals sent relatives to conceal watchful quality (9) 10 Loose fuse, wit…
Jun 21, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster? What Will the State Look Like in an Era of Ecological Disaster?
Hobbes for an age of accelerated climate change.
Jun 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
The Death of Philip Roth’s ‘Lox and Bagels’ Judaism The Death of Philip Roth’s ‘Lox and Bagels’ Judaism
The novelist’s life tracked the rise and fall of a golden age of secular American Jewry.
Jun 20, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Generational Trauma of Separating Families The Generational Trauma of Separating Families
The roots of Trump’s child-detention policy are in American history.
Jun 20, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
‘Supernatural’ Fanaticism ‘Supernatural’ Fanaticism
TV for the narrowcast generation.
Jun 20, 2018 / Loren A. Lynch
How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy? How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy?
Kathleen Belew’s sobering new history tracks the hidden relationship between the war and a resurgence in racial violence.
Jun 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Blanchfield
Satire Now Dead in the Age of Trump Satire Now Dead in the Age of Trump
Telling it straight is already crazy.
Jun 19, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country
In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” Jeffery Robinson aims to help us do just that.
Jun 11, 2018 / Collier Meyerson