Books and Ideas

GOP’s Elephant in the Room GOP’s Elephant in the Room

Jon Stewart points out the Obama bandwagon effect in the Republican election of Michael Steele as GOP Chairman.

Feb 3, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show

Obama: The Mayor of Bummer City Obama: The Mayor of Bummer City

Obama urges Americans to remember the good times because the economic outlook gives little cause for hope.

Feb 2, 2009 / Video / Saturday Night Live

Slide Show: Waltz With Bashir Slide Show: Waltz With Bashir

Images from the graphic novel about the 1982 Lebanon War.

Feb 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

President Obama in Stim City President Obama in Stim City

Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus plan could either restart the economy, or buy every American a beautiful silk dress.

Jan 29, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show

Let the Sun Shine In Let the Sun Shine In

The era of secrecy in government is officially over.

Jan 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Schlepics: The Fiction of Angel Wagenstein Schlepics: The Fiction of Angel Wagenstein

Angel Wagenstein and the evolution of modern Jewish storytelling.

Jan 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Further Adventures in Editing: Ted Solotaroff at ‘Commentary’ Further Adventures in Editing: Ted Solotaroff at ‘Commentary’

Cynthia Ozick, Norman Podhoretz and Alfred Chester contribute to the education of an editor. Second of a two-part memoir.

Jan 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ted Solotaroff

So It Goes With Wall Street Titan John A. Thain So It Goes With Wall Street Titan John A. Thain

They all said he was a genius. They were wrong.

Jan 28, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Updike Evaluated: The Writer as Matchmaker Updike Evaluated: The Writer as Matchmaker

One measure of his genius lay in his ability to invoke the hard beauty of a man endlessly wandering the labyrinth of his own needs, abusively fearful of broken spells.

Jan 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Josephine Hendin

My Future as an Arms Manufacturer My Future as an Arms Manufacturer

It's not that I'm keen on killing people. It's just that the money's so good.

Jan 22, 2009 / Editorial / Terry Jones

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