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Puzzle No. 3415

Puzzle No. 3415 Puzzle No. 3415

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Lowdown sign of fish split most of the way (4,4)  5 Lies back in his bifocals (4)  9 Kid turning over is still in b…

Nov 10, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue

Blowing in the idiot wind…
Necessary trouble...

 All we are saying is... 
The true silent majority?…

Nov 10, 2016 / Our Readers

Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center

Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center Spotting Bigfoot at Lincoln Center

Toni Erdmann was no doubt the most talked-about picture in a strong New York Film Festival, but Neruda was the point of balance.

Nov 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know?

How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know? How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know?

Despite the efforts of a new biographer, it seems that Greenspan was more flying by the seat of his pants than acting as a strategic policy-maker.

Nov 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Madrick

Jail Cell Madison

5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration 5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration

Elizabeth Hinton’s celebrated new book, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime (Harvard, 2016) comes at an electric political moment. “I hope,” says Hinton, “that my research…

Nov 8, 2016 / Elizabeth Hinton

Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest

Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest

Join us in congratulating Leehi Yona of Montreal, Canada, and Claire Devine of Tigard, Oregon, the winners of The Nation’s 10th Student Writing Contest! More than 650 submissions p…

Nov 7, 2016 / StudentNation / The Nation

Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat

Did Medieval Muslims Invent Modern Secularism? Did Medieval Muslims Invent Modern Secularism?

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was embraced by many Western intellectuals as an aid to their own secularization.

Nov 7, 2016 / Juan Cole

Common

Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness

Rap music’s nice guy plays it safe on his new album Black America Again.

Nov 5, 2016 / Marcus J. Moore

Julliard Students Protest

New York City Students Tell Westboro Baptist Church That ‘God Loves Jazz’ New York City Students Tell Westboro Baptist Church That ‘God Loves Jazz’

Students countered a hateful Westboro protest with a spirited, impromptu concert.

Nov 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters

Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters

The Libertarian Party’s veep nominee has been making the case for Clinton—and reading George Orwell.

Nov 4, 2016 / John Nichols

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