Who Loves You? Who Loves You?
America’s ongoing fascination with Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
The Kissinger Effect The Kissinger Effect
Leftists often describe Henry Kissinger as a unique moral monster, but his intellectual framework pervades the entire national security state, from the neocons to Obama.
Sep 10, 2015 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Diagnosis Inc. Diagnosis Inc.
You are two oranges shy of sangria You chumpchange in a clackdish You the flensed soldier, egg-runny on the inside You frogging deadline after deadline You caught in a Swiss chokeh…
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Byrne
The Unfathomable Sadness The Unfathomable Sadness
Miriam Toews writes about death and mental illness without sentimentality or sweeping platitudes.
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Oyler
The Flow of Life The Flow of Life
Is Saul Bellow the central American novelist since Willa Cather and William Faulkner?
Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Mikics
Puzzle No. 3373 Puzzle No. 3373
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Dandies holding back largely beige instrument found in an operating room (7) 6 Psst… nice, crazy eyes (8) 1…
Sep 10, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born
“He has labored untiringly to dig the weeds out of the annals of American fiction.”
Sep 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Republicans Hold a Planned Parenthood ‘Show Trial’ Based on Videos They Haven’t Seen Republicans Hold a Planned Parenthood ‘Show Trial’ Based on Videos They Haven’t Seen
“Joseph McCarthy would be proud of this committee today,’’ said one Democrat.
Sep 9, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Welcome to ‘Bitch Planet’, the Feminist Sci-Fi Comic You’ve Been Waiting For Welcome to ‘Bitch Planet’, the Feminist Sci-Fi Comic You’ve Been Waiting For
In Kelly Sue Deconnick’s newest series, Earth is run by white males who carry the title of “Father” and women deemed “non-compliant” are shipped off the planet. But these women are...
Sep 9, 2015 / Loren A. Lynch
Yemen, the World’s Next Great Refugee Crisis Yemen, the World’s Next Great Refugee Crisis
As the civil war heats up amid intervention by the Gulf monarchies, thousands are fleeing every day.
Sep 9, 2015 / Juan Cole