Why I’d Be a Better VP than Sarah Palin Why I’d Be a Better VP than Sarah Palin
I've got the ethics, the family values, a passport and, like the Alaska governor, am perfectly aligned with God's will.
Oct 10, 2008 / Editorial / Rosanne Cash
Lords of Misrule: Thomas Frank Takes on the GOP Lords of Misrule: Thomas Frank Takes on the GOP
On the campaign trail, they're culture warriors; once in office, conservatives just follow the money.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jefferson Decker
Credenzas of Fragmentation: Lobo Antunes’s Decadent Despair Credenzas of Fragmentation: Lobo Antunes’s Decadent Despair
In António Lobo Antunes's new novel, a lost boy despairs of finding a real family in the wasteland of his past.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer
Wanted: Political Poetry Wanted: Political Poetry
Are you worried about the election? Do you write haiku? People for the American Way and The Nation invite your entries the McPalin Haiku Hysteria competition.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Erica Landau
Someone Watching Sarah Palin’s Campaign Tactics Imagines How She Might Challenge a Referee’s Call in a Sixth-Grade Hockey Game Someone Watching Sarah Palin’s Campaign Tactics Imagines How She Might Challenge a Referee’s Call in a Sixth-Grade Hockey Game
Push back on the pushy hockey mom.
Oct 8, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Saturday Night Live’s VP Debate: With Tina Fey, Queen Latifah Saturday Night Live’s VP Debate: With Tina Fey, Queen Latifah
In an uproarious recreation of the 2008 VP showdown, Fey introduces a flute for the 'talent portion of the debate.'
Oct 5, 2008 / Video / Saturday Night Live
Homer Simpson vs. Electronic Voting Homer Simpson vs. Electronic Voting
The Simpsons character encounters a corrupted electronic voting machine: 'This doesn't happen in America! Maybe in Ohio, but not in America!'
On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok
The song of a political visionary--with apologies to Alan Jay Lerner.
Oct 1, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Paul Newman Paul Newman
He was funny, he was thoughtful, he was committed and, in the end, he was a friend, period.
Oct 1, 2008 / Editorial / Victor Navasky
Looking Backward Looking Backward
As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser