Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Liberal living coast to coast. A look at the forthcoming Nation Guide to the Nation, with Katrina vanden Heuvel. Plus: Patty Hearst and Obama's education choice.
Dec 15, 2008 / Radio Nation
SNL’s Really?!? with Seth and Amy: Blagojevich Edition SNL’s Really?!? with Seth and Amy: Blagojevich Edition
The Weekend Update anchors mock Blagojevich's refusal to resign, the stupidity of being caught on tape breaking the law and his hair.
Dec 15, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst
Was Patty Hearst really a rebel in search of a cause?
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans
Two new books uncover the colonial origins and musical roots of New Orleans.
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
The Pragmatist The Pragmatist
We get it. He's pragmatic. But what does that mean--politically and philosophically?
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes
On the Auctioning Off of Barack Obama’s Senate Seat On the Auctioning Off of Barack Obama’s Senate Seat
The smartest guys in the room.
Dec 10, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘SNL’: Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton On Secretary Of State Job ‘SNL’: Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton On Secretary Of State Job
Amy Poehler's version of Clinton muses, "Would you rather fix the economy or travel the globe? Point Hillary!"
Dec 7, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Listening to Odetta Listening to Odetta
Her voice a force of nature and her theatrical sense undimmed, Odetta-made music of extraordinary compassion, intuition and grace.
Dec 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro
Jack Black and Many More Star in ‘Prop 8: The Musical’ Jack Black and Many More Star in ‘Prop 8: The Musical’
Hollywood stars like Jack Black, John C. Reilly and Neil Patrick Harris parody the absurdity of the religious right's pro-Prop 8 position...in song.
Dec 3, 2008 / Funny or Die
Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays
Re-reading a literary critic who regarded intelligence as a moral imperative.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini