The Donald Trump Blueprint The Donald Trump Blueprint
Trump inhabits interiors in lieu of an interior life and shows them off with hyperbolic self-celebration. Gilt by association!
Jul 26, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports? Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports?
Ask sports journalists.
Jul 20, 2016 / Amanda Ottaway
David Ackles, Rediscovered Again David Ackles, Rediscovered Again
Stacy Sullivan’s jazz tribute elevates the unknown troubadour back to his rightful place among the glittered gods of ’70s pop-rock.
Jul 20, 2016 / David Hajdu
Hey, Roger Ailes, You’re Fired! Hey, Roger Ailes, You’re Fired!
Will the Fox News CEO’s downfall signal a sea change in cable news reporting?
Jul 19, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Brutal Account of Colonialism in Africa Just Showed Up in the Most Unlikely of Places: Hollywood A Brutal Account of Colonialism in Africa Just Showed Up in the Most Unlikely of Places: Hollywood
Bet you didn’t know the latest Tarzan movie was based on this story.
Jul 19, 2016 / Adam Hochschild
Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs Top 10 Woody Guthrie Songs
Guthrie composed some of the most powerful protest songs ever written.
Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Out of Sight, Top of Mind Out of Sight, Top of Mind
A new book conveys the powerful role photography plays in sports. But the photographers are still something of a mystery.
Jul 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ian F. Blair
Nicole Eisenman’s Path to Genius Nicole Eisenman’s Path to Genius
In the early 2000s, the painter rediscovered a strain of modernism that doesn’t aspire to purity or certainty, but rather is willing to remain, as de Kooning once put it, “wrapped ...
Jul 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Lies After the War Lies After the War
We went to Bull Run, or was it Manassas, one of those, past Battlefield Ford, past Glory Days bar in the strip mall, or was it before the mall was built, or was it after the mall…
Jul 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Miller Oberman
Puzzle No. 3403 Puzzle No. 3403
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Block Pat’s construction with asphalt (8) 6 Some fakirs cherish alcoholic drink (6) 9 An embankment for a legenda…
Jul 14, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto