Puzzle No. 3436 Puzzle No. 3436
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 8 Brave pair follows Laurel, carrying platinum (5,2,2) 10 Coal worker is more delicate after 17 (5) 11 Pace beginning…
Jun 29, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison The Ambiguous Sculptures of Melvin Edwards and Rachel Harrison
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Jun 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Martin Jay
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In her life, as in her writing, the boundaries between the personal and the political were remarkably porous.
Jun 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained
“Oh come on, we don’t need affordable health care. People can always go to the emergency room!”
Jun 27, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Percival Everett’s Abstract Art Percival Everett’s Abstract Art
His new novel, So Much Blue, is a meditation on seeing and abstraction, and it might be key for recognizing a new form of literary social critique.
Jun 26, 2017 / Paul Devlin
The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island
Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.
Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham
On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power
Joel Whitney, whose book Finks is about the CIA’s subversion of US culture, talks about the scars left by the Cold War.
Jun 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
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Jun 22, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich