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 / 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 / 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 / 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