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Puzzle No. 3373

Puzzle No. 3373 Puzzle No. 3373

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Dandies holding back largely beige instrument found in an operating   room (7)  6 Psst… nice, crazy eyes (8) 1…

Sep 10, 2015 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born

September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born September 10, 1885: Carl Van Doren Is Born

“He has labored untiringly to dig the weeds out of the annals of American fiction.”

Sep 10, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Welcome to ‘Bitch Planet’, the Feminist Sci-Fi Comic You’ve Been Waiting For

Welcome to ‘Bitch Planet’, the Feminist Sci-Fi Comic You’ve Been Waiting For Welcome to ‘Bitch Planet’, the Feminist Sci-Fi Comic You’ve Been Waiting For

In Kelly Sue Deconnick’s newest series, Earth is run by white males who carry the title of “Father” and women deemed “non-compliant” are shipped off the planet. But these women are...

Sep 9, 2015 / Loren A. Lynch

Top Ten Back-to-School Songs

Top Ten Back-to-School Songs Top Ten Back-to-School Songs

An incomplete list of some of the best songs ever written about school.

Sep 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

US Marine

Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’ Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’

For 150 years The Nation has refused to join the war party, instead urging skepticism, sobriety and pragmatism in the use of force for political ends.

Sep 8, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / The Nation

New Orleans Public Housing

New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was

On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, residents reflect on the changes of the last decade.

Sep 4, 2015 / Roberta Brandes Gratz

Colbert Late Night

Can Stephen Colbert Break the Late-Night Mold? Can Stephen Colbert Break the Late-Night Mold?

With his version of The Late Show debuting Tuesday, will Colbert stick to the talk-show script or push the boundaries of a tired genre?

Sep 4, 2015 / Geoffrey Baym

Turner Field

Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods

But for the first time in 60 years, a sports megastructure will not dominate Atlanta’s skyline south of Downtown. Can activists help make the area livable again?

Sep 3, 2015 / Daniel Judt

September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies

September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies September 3, 1991: Frank Capra Dies

“One important function of good art or entertainment is to unite and illuminate the heart and the mind…. Bad art and entertainment misinform and disunite them.”

Sep 3, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’

The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’ The NFL Must Be Loving the Misleading Sony Hacker Leaks on the Film ‘Concussion’

The hacked Sony e-mails seem to show that the Concussion film is compromised. But that would be wrong.

Sep 2, 2015 / Dave Zirin

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