The Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy, Editor of the ‘Alton Observer,’ Dies at the Hands of a Pro-Slavery Mob, Alton, Illinois (1837) The Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy, Editor of the ‘Alton Observer,’ Dies at the Hands of a Pro-Slavery Mob, Alton, Illinois (1837)
Christ’s editor becomes Christ’s martyr: band the newspaper columns black for Elijah P. Lovejoy, who fired back. They threw his first three presses into the river. They came with g…
Oct 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Range
Donald ❤ Kim Donald ❤ Kim
Trump now says he’s in love with Kim Jong-un. In that seduction, Kim Jong-un was speedy. Some ego-stroking letters did the trick. It’s really simple when a man’s that needy.
Oct 18, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3480 Puzzle No. 3480
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. 1 Ambitious to be like π (like 3.14) (12) 9 They say I have my dinner get very cold (3,2) 10 Party in Georgia: a Wagnerian…
Oct 18, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
‘On Her Shoulders’ Honors the Courage and Tenacity of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad ‘On Her Shoulders’ Honors the Courage and Tenacity of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad
In Alexandria Bombach’s documentary, we see the burden placed on celebrity survivors, particularly those from the non-Western world.
Oct 18, 2018 / Sarah Aziza
Hubert Humphrey and the Unmaking of Cold War Liberalism Hubert Humphrey and the Unmaking of Cold War Liberalism
A new biography captures how the Minnesota senator and vice president was poised to be liberalism’s conscience but instead played a role in its downfall.
Oct 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
RaMell Ross’s Beautifully Unsentimental Meditation on Southern Life RaMell Ross’s Beautifully Unsentimental Meditation on Southern Life
Hale County This Morning, This Evening is a probing and intimate documentary about life in today’s rural Alabama.
Oct 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy
Obama and his speechwriter and national-security adviser set out to break from the foreign-policy establishment; instead, they found themselves absorbed by it.
Oct 17, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
The Curdled Worldview of Matthew Weiner’s ‘The Romanoffs’ The Curdled Worldview of Matthew Weiner’s ‘The Romanoffs’
The Mad Men creator’s new TV series for Amazon is a flawed and shallow send-up of miserable former aristocrats.
Oct 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Noname’s Verbal Acrobatics Noname’s Verbal Acrobatics
Being able to hold many meanings at once—political and personal—is at the heart of her latest album.
Oct 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Samantha Schuyler
How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All
Step 1: You can't.
Oct 16, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow