The Microscopes The Microscopes
Heavy and expensive, hard and black With bits of chrome, they looked Like baby cannons, the real children of war, and I Hated them for that, for what our teacher said They could do…
Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jericho Brown
Farewell, Ryan Zinke Farewell, Ryan Zinke
We bid adieu to Ryan Zinke. Though he may well avoid the clink, he Had ethics lapses hardly dinky. They leave that swamp aroma–stinky.
Dec 20, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue
Beyond family… Fox lite… One more lesson… No nukes are good nukes… Laying waste…
Dec 20, 2018 / Our Readers
Puzzle No. 3486 Puzzle No. 3486
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Different tactic ultimately executed (7) 5 Holiday tradition—for example, turning instrument over (6) 8 Broken-do…
Dec 20, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Capital Worship Capital Worship
American holiday values.
Dec 20, 2018 / OppArt / Patrick McGrath Muñiz
In the Cold War’s Bloodlands In the Cold War’s Bloodlands
A new history of the Cold War examines how the 45 years of peace between its rival superpowers were also 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.
Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
What’s It Like to Work at Amazon? What’s It Like to Work at Amazon?
Heike Geissler’s Seasonal Associate offers an unsparing portrait of a German Amazon warehouse.
Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alex Press
Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill
The Pentagon’s strategy for global supremacy could bankrupt the country and spark a world war.
Dec 20, 2018 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
It’s Time for Fact-Checkers to Face the Facts It’s Time for Fact-Checkers to Face the Facts
Even fact-checking sites feel the need to try and find balance where there is none.
Dec 20, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman