Puzzle No. 3308 Puzzle No. 3308
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Dec 27, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Duck Dynasty and the Fake Outrage Machine Duck Dynasty and the Fake Outrage Machine
Let us not dignify this incident by calling it a culture war.
Dec 26, 2013 / Richard Kim
The Year in Sex (or Pop Goes the Weasel) The Year in Sex (or Pop Goes the Weasel)
When Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, R. Kelly and capitalism killed sexual liberation.
Dec 26, 2013 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Thank a Postal Worker Thank a Postal Worker
The USPS needs support, not downsizing.
Dec 26, 2013 / John Nichols
FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity
The thirty-second president used Dickens’s tale to make the case for programs to aid the dispossessed. We should do the same.
Dec 24, 2013 / John Nichols
Bill O’Reilly’s War on Christmas Bill O’Reilly’s War on Christmas
O’Reilly wants us to put Christ back in Christmas. In that case, economic inequality should take center stage on December 25.
Dec 24, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Did ‘The New Republic’ Take Money From a Drone Manufacturer That Wanted It to Run Defenses of Drones? Did ‘The New Republic’ Take Money From a Drone Manufacturer That Wanted It to Run Defenses of Drones?
More on the national security web site Lawfare and its solicitation of sponsorship from defense contractors like Northrop Grumman.
Dec 24, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013 A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013
What would our national conversation on climate change sound like if this kind of honesty broke through with any regularity?
Dec 24, 2013 / Wen Stephenson
Goldman Sachs Vet to Oversee Housing, Development Under de Blasio Goldman Sachs Vet to Oversee Housing, Development Under de Blasio
The mayor-elect also named an aide as his chief of staff.
Dec 23, 2013 / Jarrett Murphy
Sympathy for Justine Sacco Sympathy for Justine Sacco
Justine Sacco’s tweet was outrageous. So was the online mob campaign that turned her into the most vilified woman in the world.
Dec 23, 2013 / Michelle Goldberg