Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters
The Libertarian Party’s veep nominee has been making the case for Clinton—and reading George Orwell.
Nov 4, 2016 / John Nichols
Utopia? Forget About It. Time for ‘Untopia.’ Utopia? Forget About It. Time for ‘Untopia.’
Striving for the perfect society has been the cause of great misery. We should embrace our imperfections.
Nov 4, 2016 / Walter Mosley
Puzzle No. 3414 Puzzle No. 3414
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Father is someone expressing regret aloud (4) 3 Dutchcummerbund who was the first European to reach New Zealand (4…
Nov 3, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing
Atlanta’s surreal comedy and steady stream of reality checks.
Nov 2, 2016 / K. Leander Williams
The Essential Ferrante The Essential Ferrante
How the Italian novelist’s demand to remain anonymous reveals her true identity.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Zadie Smith’s Liberal Imagination Zadie Smith’s Liberal Imagination
Once reveling in the hopes and possibilities of a multicultural society, her fiction now has taken on a more despairing outlook.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
Cosmopolitan Pop Cosmopolitan Pop
DJ /rupture and MIA capture the new global spirit of pop music.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Domino Effect Domino Effect
For an erection lasting more than four hours tell him you don’t agree with him. The most desirable of her pots authored a vast intelligence. Don’t make me sick of this, followed ev…
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / John Ashbery
Freud’s Discontents Freud’s Discontents
Why did one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers fade from significance?
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
The Overhead The Overhead
For two decades we kept Mum in the attic. Finally, one hubba hubba day in spring we let her out to walk in the park. She was never seen again. The police refused to inspect the par…
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / John Ashbery