My Years of Magical Thinking: Thoughts on the 1980s Showtime Lakers My Years of Magical Thinking: Thoughts on the 1980s Showtime Lakers
Reading Jeff Pearlman’s new book about the 1980s Showtime Lakers has unearthed more than a few memories.
Mar 5, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Let’s Call Sex Work What It Is: Work Let’s Call Sex Work What It Is: Work
Villainizing sex workers won’t improve their lives. Basic labor rights will.
Mar 5, 2014 / Melissa Gira Grant
Bridgegate’s New Hampshire Connection Bridgegate’s New Hampshire Connection
For Christie 2016, New Hampshire is key primary territory. But Bridgegate dogs him there, too.
Mar 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Troubled AIPAC Meets, but Its Influence Wanes Troubled AIPAC Meets, but Its Influence Wanes
The Israel lobby lost big on Iran sanctions in January, and now it faces a huge challenge with the coming Obama-Kerry peace plan.
Mar 5, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Dread and Wonder Dread and Wonder
The unflinching fiction of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
I, Diet I, Diet
out of this world & out of time & out of love & out of mind & out of the pan & out of butter, out of anger & out of mother, out of the cradle & out of pocket, out of space & out of cash & out of change & out of sight & out of range & force of habit & out of oil & out of whack & out of water & Damascus, out of courtesy & out of shock & out of duty & out of turn & out of tune & out of line & out of the ground & out of his gourd & out of all the possible solutions, out of the ashes & conviction
Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Anna Maria Hong
Against the Grain Against the Grain
Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.
Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White
Ball of Fire Ball of Fire
The life and unvarnished style of Barbara Stanwyck.
Mar 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
Puzzle No. 3316 Puzzle No. 3316
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Mar 4, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto