Letter From Qatar Letter From Qatar
Qataris meet with a visitor to ponder the world economy, the plight of the Palestinians and a new American president.
Mar 5, 2009 / Feature / Clayton Swisher
Rich Lowry Is Making Sense Rich Lowry Is Making Sense
Over at the Corner he writes. While some conservative bloggers plunge into depths of despair that Rush Limbaugh gave a speech at CPAC not up to their standards and the White Hous...
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC
Here's an embarrassing 'greatest misses' collection of CNBC's pre-financial meltdown coverage.
Mar 5, 2009 / The Daily Show
Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field
Industry insiders reveal how predatory lending made it more profitable to run a mortgage shop than to sell drugs.
Mar 5, 2009 / Brave New Films
What to Do With 1,200 Pounds of Bull What to Do With 1,200 Pounds of Bull
You can learn a lot from obituaries -- and recently there have been some great ones. In February, it was Conchita Cintrón, a celebrated female bullfighter. Cin...
Mar 5, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Barry Bonds in Context Barry Bonds in Context
This is not about steroids, or an arrogant athlete getting his comeuppance--it's about the mess Bush made of the Justice Department.
Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Mutual Human Concern The Mutual Human Concern
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Steve McQueen's Hunger, Andrzej Wajda's Katyn.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Eye That Collects: On Walker Evans The Eye That Collects: On Walker Evans
Walker Evans's collection of picture postcards, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an artistic project in its own right.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest
Barbara Guest's Collected Poems showcase her knack for catching sight of time in its act of escaping one's grasp.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Nazi Zelig: Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones A Nazi Zelig: Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's fictive memoir of a Nazi SS officer, is intentionally sickening and an unquestionably brilliant success.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn