GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform
Will Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan distance themselves from the new Republican platform, as they have from Akin?
Aug 22, 2012 / John Nichols
How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts? How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts?
For decades, the World Bank pushed privatization of the power industry and assumed that energy services would "trickle down" to the poor.
Aug 22, 2012 / Daphne Wysham
Israel’s Iran Threats: Blackmail by Suicide? Israel’s Iran Threats: Blackmail by Suicide?
Netanyahu isn’t going to bomb Iran. But his crazy threats may pay off.
Aug 22, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy
Hard truths about lying in politics
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld
Shelf Life Shelf Life
W.G. Sebald’s Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001; Saturn's Moons; Grant Gee’s Patience (After Sebald).
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Stone Dies Away Also: On Jimmie Durham The Stone Dies Away Also: On Jimmie Durham
Does a sculptor destroy things or merely change them?
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Behind the Bureau: On the FBI Behind the Bureau: On the FBI
Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
Tiny Gold Dress Tiny Gold Dress
Days so fleet you have to’ve seen unruly ones I do all the time Someone I soon trust puts your hand in mine Just what I’m looking for Start with the body and search me Won’t find me sleeping I dig my six feet and you stand there in your tiny gold dress Can’t believe my eyes Your smile knows Your ever so slight lisp Ahead of me in the opposite direction Big man alerts me I shed little bits of chivalry I caress like one bereaved Forethought and hindsight in the flesh Peanut shells under bed Lamp nearby of fire and roses Ribbons of smoke sketch momentarily an orchid
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Godfrey
Puzzle No. 3249 Puzzle No. 3249
Don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Aug 21, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto