Obama’s Kenyan Family Celebrates His Win Obama’s Kenyan Family Celebrates His Win
Obama's 86-year old grandmother and other members of her community dance and cheer, 'We're going to the White House.'
Nov 7, 2008 / ITN News
Obama and Iran Obama and Iran
In the realm of foreign affairs, the two wars that America is fighting, in Iraq and Afghanistan, may have higher priority for President Obama than the war it isn't fighting, namel...
Nov 7, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Disappointing First Choice Obama’s Disappointing First Choice
House Minority Leader John Boehner and other Republican insiders in Washington are griping about President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel to s...
Nov 7, 2008 / John Nichols
The Daily Show: Jon Stewart vs. Chris Wallace The Daily Show: Jon Stewart vs. Chris Wallace
Stewart takes Wallace to task for Fox's biased anti-Obama coverage and wonders what the network will do without Bush to back up.
Nov 6, 2008 / The Daily Show
In Defense of Studs Terkel In Defense of Studs Terkel
Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn
The Occam’s Razor Explanation The Occam’s Razor Explanation
I'm working on a longer set of reflections on this remarkable electionand its remarkable outcome. Sometimes as writer you can feeloutclassed by the events you have to chronicle, ...
Nov 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Crossword Classic #25 Crossword Classic #25
From the April 3, 1948, issue.
Nov 6, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
The Colbert Report: The Word–‘Change’ The Colbert Report: The Word–‘Change’
Colbert laments that many 'hard-working scaremongers' may lose their job now that Obama has won the presidency.
Nov 6, 2008 / The Colbert Report
The Dread of Failure: On Desplechin and Kaufman The Dread of Failure: On Desplechin and Kaufman
Reviews: Arnaud Desplechin's enchanted A Christmas Tale and Charlie Kaufman's brilliant Synedoche, New York.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction
An appraisal of Rainer Maria Rilke's novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal