Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad
The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ult...
Jan 31, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Slacker Thursday Slacker Thursday
In these past weeks, we've lost J.D. Salinger, Howard Zinn, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Parker and Kate McGarrigle, Eric Rohmer, all of whom meant a great deal to me at one point o...
Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary
As the Democrats hysterically reel away from heath care reform in the wake of Scott ("My daughters are available") Brown's win in Massachusetts, I'd like to suggest the s...
Jan 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan
Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché
The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Borrower’s Remorse? Borrower’s Remorse?
Is bilingualism a sign of vitality, or the gradual takeover of one language by another?
Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Dream Reborn The Dream Reborn
Markese Bryant (aka Doo Dat), born and raised in East Oakland, knows firsthand the effects of pollution and poverty in local communities of color. Now he's a leader in the movement...
Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation
As part of America's progressive folk tradition, The Tillers demonstrate that the left has long been essential to the country's cultural fabric.
Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Geoffrey Dobbins
Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter's abstract paintings are miraculously controlled accidents.
Jan 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Realism and Idealism in The Real World’s DC Realism and Idealism in The Real World’s DC
Washington more often suffocates than satisfies our dreams, and this may prove to be the twenty-third season's unwavering dramatic thread.
Jan 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter
Imaginariums Imaginariums
James Cameron's Avatar, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and more.
Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans