Fleeting Exchanges: Helen Levitt Remembered Fleeting Exchanges: Helen Levitt Remembered
Helen Levitt's idiosyncratic photographs.
Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Mixing History and Desire: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy Mixing History and Desire: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy
A new collection of C.P. Cavafy's beautiful, musical poems.
Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis
Ghost Poem Ghost Poem
The story begins Waiting for the trick When after life Death ends The night goes on The sick sea As much as possible Comes to me In the form of But not alive In the words from But not dead We wed or end Swallowed by Sick with And again
Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Laura Moriarty
Sotomayor Hearings: White Men Can’t Judge Sotomayor Hearings: White Men Can’t Judge
Jon Stewart takes on the absurdity of Senate confirmation hearings by deflating the pomposity of senators from both parties.
Jul 15, 2009 / Video / The Daily Show
On Clara Barton On Clara Barton
The beloved angel of mercy has died.
Jul 15, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
A Note on Gershwin A Note on Gershwin
Rhapsodizing about "Rhapsody in Blue."
Jul 15, 2009 / Feature / Abbe Niles
Stevenson of Illinois Stevenson of Illinois
The governor of Illinois is an uncommon man with the interests of the common man at heart.
Jul 15, 2009 / Feature / Alan Whitney
Fuel Fuel
A new documentary explores how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce our country's and the world's addictive dependence on fossil fuels.
Jul 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / YouTube
Death of LBJ Death of LBJ
His accomplishments will unfortunately be overshadowed by his fatal mistakes in Vietnam.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / The Nation