Harry Mathews’s Framed Stories Harry Mathews’s Framed Stories
Multiple meanings always simmer under the surface of his writing, but in The Solitary Twin, they’re more hidden.
Apr 16, 2018 / Alina Cohen
The Power of the Word The Power of the Word
Scientology’s unique manipulations of language seduced the novelist Sands Hall and kept her bound to the church.
Apr 12, 2018 / Michael Friedrich
Lose Newspapers and You Lose Your Democracy Lose Newspapers and You Lose Your Democracy
Apr 11, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
Diehard Gun Nut Definitely Has the Answer to Gun Debate Diehard Gun Nut Definitely Has the Answer to Gun Debate
How could guns be responsible for gun violence?
Apr 10, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Jokes on Trump, Joke’s on Us Jokes on Trump, Joke’s on Us
Aside from relieving liberal stress, what can anti-Trump satire accomplish?
Apr 5, 2018 / Leslie Savan
Laura Ingraham Picks On Parkland High School Student Laura Ingraham Picks On Parkland High School Student
Perhaps she’s now embraced the cause Of feminism fully— Confirming you don’t have to be A male to be a bully.
Apr 5, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3463 Puzzle No. 3463
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Objectively, I pester an Indian tribe: It supplies three letters for the wordplay in each remaining Across entry (9…
Apr 5, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
In Marx’s Republic In Marx’s Republic
Did Capital offer us visions of freedom as well as domination?
Apr 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban
Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later
Activists today are taking up Dr. King’s mantle and reviving the Poor People’s Campaign.
Apr 3, 2018 / Feature / Michael K. Honey