My Life as a Tour-Bus Driver in LA My Life as a Tour-Bus Driver in LA
It sent me right back to The Day of the Locust—the masses ultimately want to cannibalize their celebrity gods.
Feb 25, 2016 / Mike Davis
Letters From the March 14, 2016, Issue Letters From the March 14, 2016, Issue
Southern discomfort… what’s gender got to do with it?… no nukes are good nukes… Flint without fire…
Feb 25, 2016 / Our Readers
HIV Mystery: Solved? HIV Mystery: Solved?
A remarkable new therapy could finally stop the virus’s spread in the US. But first, it’s gotta work for the people most at risk.
Feb 25, 2016 / Feature / Tim Murphy
Missionaries of the Middle East Missionaries of the Middle East
How 19th-century American evangelicals came to have second thoughts about doing missionary work in the Ottoman empire.
Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Guyatt
Puzzle No. 3392 Puzzle No. 3392
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Like the Sabbath day, happening in silence (7) 5 Representative sample of small timepiece (6) 8 Proprietor of reg…
Feb 25, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Whodunit, Ruth Rendell? Whodunit, Ruth Rendell?
The British crime novelist’s work displays a growing acuity of psychological perception and an authority to her moral vision.
Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure ‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure
Rafael Chirbes’s second work to be translated into English operates like a psychological health tonic: It’s corrosive going down, but afterward the effect is invigorating.
Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth ‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth
Not all cookbooks would benefit from the Mission treatment, but, perhaps, quite a few memoirs would.
Feb 25, 2016 / Wei Tchou
Why Iran’s Parliamentary Elections This Friday Are So Crucial Why Iran’s Parliamentary Elections This Friday Are So Crucial
A legislature less influenced by the radical right would allow President Rouhani to push for broader reforms and strengthen economic ties with the West.
Feb 25, 2016 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars
Last Day of Freedom is a haunting animated film about a veteran sent to death row.
Feb 24, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams