Kristol’s Red Persuasion? Kristol’s Red Persuasion?
Drawing on his past as a Trotskyite, Irving Kristol states his case for capitalism--but cautiously.
Sep 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Lekachman
Lewis Black Takes on Angry Outbursts Lewis Black Takes on Angry Outbursts
Has 2009 been the year of the angry outburst? Lewis Black breaks down recent bad behavior from Joe Wilson, Kanye West and Serena Williams as only he can.
Sep 18, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show
Anatomy of Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ Outburst Anatomy of Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ Outburst
What if all the GOP congressmen were supposed to yell 'you lie' but changed their minds at the last minute while Joe Wilson was in the bathroom?
Sep 18, 2009 / Video / Saturday Night Live
The African Airlift The African Airlift
The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
A Domestic Existentialist: On Mercè Rodoreda A Domestic Existentialist: On Mercè Rodoreda
Mercè Rodoreda's fiction plumbs a sadness borne of helplessness, an almost voluptuous vulnerability.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer
A Year Later, Little Change on Wall Street A Year Later, Little Change on Wall Street
Ode to a bailout.
Sep 16, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters
Jon Stewart reveals the not-so-subtle hypocrisy of Fox News' laudatory coverage of the so-called '9-12 movement' and tea party events held in the nation's capital.
Sep 15, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show
Monsanto: Playing God Monsanto: Playing God
Monsanto is dangerously re-engineering America's food supply.
Sep 10, 2009 / Feature / Kirkpatrick Sale
Speak as Little as Possible: On Clarice Lispector Speak as Little as Possible: On Clarice Lispector
Novelist Clarice Lispector idealized animals and idiots because they were free of the desire to translate experience into words.
Sep 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Aviv
The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women
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Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin