Letters From the July 31-August 7, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 31-August 7, 2017, Issue
Friend in the end… Pyrrhic impeachment… Defending the fourth estate… Backlash as whiplash…
Jul 13, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers
Puzzle No. 3437 Puzzle No. 3437
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Weigh down our retreat, carrying tote, sack, or bundle, e.g. (10) 6 Experts with permission to enter after removin…
Jul 13, 2017 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Spirit of Prog Rock The Spirit of Prog Rock
Its creative ambitions were engulfed by its pretensions.
Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras
In Matthew Heineman’s City of Ghosts, freedom of the press is a matter of life or death.
Jul 12, 2017 / Sarah Aziza
Martin Luther’s Revolution Martin Luther’s Revolution
The Protestant Reformation transformed not just Christianity but also our political and economic worlds.
Jul 12, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Bruenig
The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings The Presence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Paintings
Though she routinely paints human figures, it’s better to understand her work as abstract art.
Jul 11, 2017 / Ratik Asokan
A Billionaires’ Republic A Billionaires’ Republic
American democracy has always been threatened by concentrations of wealth as much as those of power.
Jul 11, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jedediah Britton-Purdy
The Poet in James Comey’s Soul The Poet in James Comey’s Soul
The G-man as bard.
Jul 6, 2017 / Alissa Quart
We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us
In a new book, Richard V. Reeves argues that members of the upper middle class, not just the ultra-wealthy, are making our society profoundly unequal.
Jul 3, 2017 / Bryce Covert
The Manufactured Images of ‘The Reagan Show’ The Manufactured Images of ‘The Reagan Show’
The new documentary film is both a valiant exposé and a victim of the president’s publicity machine.
Jul 1, 2017 / Stuart Klawans