This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign This Comedy Duo Is Masterfully Trolling the 2016 Campaign
They haven’t only crashed campaign events for Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton—they shot assault weapons with Rick Santorum.
Mar 15, 2016 / Richard Kreitner and Thomas Bollier
Sports Marketing Sports Marketing
For Fightball players, the game is a mix of endurance and skill. For the audience, there’s a mix of spectacle, glamour, and drama.
Mar 15, 2016 / Photo Essay / Naima Green
More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day More Notes From the Long Slog to Election Day
Which is still very far away.
Mar 15, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows ‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows
The new, wonderfully acted Broadway play sheds light on the untold stories of the women who lived through the second Liberian civil war.
Mar 11, 2016 / Alina Cohen
Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move Start Making Sense: Bernie on the Move
How Bernie won in Michigan. Plus, “Trump: fascist or clown?” and another kind of politics: the gay revolution.
Mar 10, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Margaret Thatcher’s Fogeyism Margaret Thatcher’s Fogeyism
Charles Moore, the prime minister’s authorized biographer, believes the successes of Thatcherism to be self-evident, and he frequently lets his biases show.
Mar 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / K. Biswas
Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries Selecting a Presidential Nominee Through Primaries
Approval of reform was quite emphatic: Let’s let the voters vote. That’s democratic. But now a question that’s distressing looms: Could we, in fact, prefer those smoke-filled rooms…
Mar 10, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A European Union? A European Union?
Stefan Zweig’s essays in Messages From a Lost World are a product of his displacement and a sharp reminder to citizens about the agony in the present age of the refugee.
Mar 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Gavin Jacobson
Puzzle No. 3394 Puzzle No. 3394
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Formal speech, skipping the commercial (5) 4 Mistakenly pry into gothic novel with legal protection (9) 9 Vicious…
Mar 10, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Get Information Get Information
Beyoncé’s “Formation” reflects today’s movement from black rage toward a racialized revolutionary politics.
Mar 9, 2016 / Joshua Clover