Howls of Anger, and of Liberation Howls of Anger, and of Liberation
The new film Howl reveals how Allen Ginsberg's radical poem marked a coming out not only for his generation but also for himself.
Sep 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Sarah M. Seltzer
Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice
Fatima Bhutto, standing where her father was killed by police in Pakistan, on how her memoir was the only way to seek justice for the violence done to her family.
Sep 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
A tale of two attacked cities, or the differences between New York and Oklahoma City.
Sep 24, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
On Christine O’Donnell, the Republican/Tea Party Candidate for Senator From Delaware On Christine O’Donnell, the Republican/Tea Party Candidate for Senator From Delaware
We have some questions.
Sep 23, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Group: On George Price The Group: On George Price
The enigma of George Price: He derived an equation for the evolution of altruism, yet he died believing himself a failed good Samaritan.
Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
Sardines Sardines
is a yellow, red, orange, black & green word. I got sardines at the dollar store where everything except sardines is more than a dollar, for sixty cents, as they should be my father used to take sardine sandwiches to work perhaps therefore, I love sardines. when people used to talk about the subway, they'd say: we were packed like sardines which sends a message: small, cheap, tightly packed, anchovies for the poor or you too can be colorful & inexpensive as a really snappy, tiny bright blue convertible in which you can enjoy the good things about feeling like a sardine but maybe you'd rather be a striped bass or be a manatee with mev or a grand whale, forgetful of nothing even being so big, the ocean's CEO, you'll take home a giant amount of cash when the ocean goes bust so you can share it even with the downtrodden sardines who get packed in cans in Thailand & shipped to the family dollar store for Bernadette
Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Bernadette Mayer
Good-Enough Objects: On Craft Good-Enough Objects: On Craft
How did craft become a calling that dare not speak its name?
Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Woodward: Obama Wants Out of Afghanistan Woodward: Obama Wants Out of Afghanistan
Obama is aware of the danger of morphing into George W. Bush.
Sep 22, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
History Helps Students Understand the Present, but not When History’s Cut From The School Curriculum History Helps Students Understand the Present, but not When History’s Cut From The School Curriculum
After taking an enlightening AP European History course, the author hopes that enrichment courses will survive the budget cuts to education.
Sep 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Demetrius Shahmehri
A Summary of What the ‘New York Times’ Discovered About John Boehner’s Ties to Corporate Lobbyists A Summary of What the ‘New York Times’ Discovered About John Boehner’s Ties to Corporate Lobbyists
It really couldn't be plainer.
Sep 16, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin