Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 9, 2015, Issue
Inside out and outside in… Gates’s gilded gospel… obstacle illusions…
Oct 22, 2015 / Barry Schwabsky, Michael Sorkin, and Our Readers
The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars The Noisy Silence of Picasso’s Guitars
His sculptures reveal the artist’s secret affinities with nascent anti-colonialist movements.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Something Important Seeping Out of the World Something Important Seeping Out of the World
Films about mourning and illness, and some worthy commercial fare, dominated this year’s New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle No. 3378 Puzzle No. 3378
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Seven stars, and one who eats a lot of chips? (3,6) 6 Following a revolution, Chinese factory contains places to g…
Oct 22, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan What’s Wrong With Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
They’re protecting the tenuous grip on power of an increasingly unpopular government.
Oct 22, 2015 / The Editors
Self as Sovereign Self as Sovereign
Where do we get the notion of mind as separate from body?
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
10 Questions for Margo Jefferson 10 Questions for Margo Jefferson
The author of Negroland explains her long journey from cheerleader to literary critic.
Oct 22, 2015 / Jon Wiener
October 22, 1907: The Panic of 1907 Begins October 22, 1907: The Panic of 1907 Begins
“What have we seen in New York during the past half-dozen years? Great banking institutions prostituted into tools of unscrupulous speculators.”
Oct 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Who Benefits From Biden’s Exit? Biden. Who Benefits From Biden’s Exit? Biden.
By becoming a factor in a presidential race he was not running, the vice president increased his stature and influence.
Oct 21, 2015 / John Nichols
How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism
Instead of looking to Europe, Sanders could evoke the rich heritage of American radicalism.
Oct 21, 2015 / Eric Foner