Gingrich Rides Racially Coded Rhetoric to Surge in South Carolina Gingrich Rides Racially Coded Rhetoric to Surge in South Carolina
Newt is making a pitch aimed at the cultural and racial animosities of conservative whites—and it may be working.
Jan 18, 2012 / Ben Adler
All that Lore: On James Wolcott All that Lore: On James Wolcott
The critic James Wolcott has been gamely fighting losing battles for most of his career.
Jan 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Joan Didion’s Blue Nights, Peter Van Buren’s We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.
Jan 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz
Fair and Balanced: On Copyright and Fair Use Fair and Balanced: On Copyright and Fair Use
Have copyright laws failed?
Jan 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Everything Except Me: On Percival Everett Everything Except Me: On Percival Everett
In Assumption a murder mystery becomes a lesson in how much we do not know.
Jan 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Puzzle No. 3224 Puzzle No. 3224
ACROSS 1 Letter sequence in an old joke, one that concludes with “I’m a frayed knot” (9,6) 9 A spot in part of the garden stayed dry (9) 10 Recall to go over old compact car (5) 11 Explode supersonic cover for toy gun ammunition (10,3) 14 Trash cores in a heap—their sections are in this puzzle (10) 17 20 naked tramps (4) 19 They’re slippery parts of ‘enry ‘iggins’ shoes (4) 20 For instance, fiddle with piece of equipment (10) 22 Generals and I touched down with Barry, unfortunately, in a mob (8,5) 26 Delivered hotel’s legal documents (5) 27 Stars in island entertainment that is shmaltzy (9) 29 Movie’s family rating which can’t be removed from the reel? (4,4,3,4) DOWN 1 Abandoned mine cop had fought for (10) 2 Norse gods originally advise, “Get up! Get up!” (5) 3 Group of lawyers with 100 applications for digital calculators (8) 4 and 28 Main objection raised is petty (3-3) 5 Egyptian and Italian gods communicate through the air (5) 6 Headings to photographs (6) 7 Powerless, in telegram, to protect father (9) 8 Hoagy (40%), hero (50%)… in the end, it’s just a sandwich (4) 12 Demonstrated a fabric (5) 13 Discarded plane even conceals boy (10) 15 Criminal: “I’m cool—ban Gabriel García Márquez, say” (9) 16 Change seen in neutral territory (5) 18 ”Where to Recycle a Dog”: a song not likely to hit the charts (8) 21 It may no longer cut a chestnut (3,3) 23 Implied attic is a mess (5) 24 Dressing the fronts of armoires in old lingerie items (5) 25 Grasp and shoot (4) 28 See 4 ACROSS 1 pun 8 2 defs. 9 ADHE + RENT (head anag.) 11 OV(ERR)ID + E 12 NE(UR)ON 14 “Harry” 15 P(HEN + OMEN)A 17 ST(EEL + D)RUM 19 RAP ID 20 “claws” 22 S + CISSORS (Cross is anag.) 24 “wring tale” 25 anag. 26 2 defs. DOWN 1 AS + TROPHY + SICS 2 T(ANGER)IN + E 3 S(WE)ARBY[’s] 4 G + RAN + DOPER + A 5 hidden 6 anag. 7 hidden 10 INCAN + DESCENT 13 V(ERM)I + CELLI (R.E.M. anag.) 16 EX-P + LOSIVE (olives anag.) 18 LA SAG(N)A 19 REST + ART 21 ALI + BI 23 YAW + P (way rev.)
Jan 18, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Katha Pollitt and Glenn Greenwald Take on Ron Paul Katha Pollitt and Glenn Greenwald Take on Ron Paul
From how many angles can one view Ron Paul?
Jan 17, 2012 / Press Room
NYU Establishes Occupy Wall Street Course NYU Establishes Occupy Wall Street Course
New York University professor Lisa Duggan says that the Occupy Wall Street movement has inspired an entire generation to want to learn about what might otherwise seem like a dry su...
Jan 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Georgia Kral
Jack Abramoff on Lobbying: ‘Look, This Is Bribery’ Jack Abramoff on Lobbying: ‘Look, This Is Bribery’
Notorious lobbyist Jack Abramoff explains what separates the most successful lobbyists from the rest.
Jan 17, 2012 / Press Room