Calvin Trillin

Verse Columnist

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

Foreign Aid Foreign Aid

Conspirators to the world.

Feb 17, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’ ‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’

Blankfein's bonus: too petite?

Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Blackwater, Again Blackwater, Again

Secretive shmeering...

Feb 3, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Vote of Confidence, Sort of Vote of Confidence, Sort of

Somewhere between cranky and skanky... Sentiments about Ben Bernanke.

Jan 27, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh on Haiti Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh on Haiti

These two spew theories bizarre and rococo.

Jan 20, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

World’s Tallest Building Opens in Dubai World’s Tallest Building Opens in Dubai

One question comes to mind.

Jan 13, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

One Lesson That We Hope Airport Security Screeners Will Learn From the Attempted Airliner Bombing on Christmas Day One Lesson That We Hope Airport Security Screeners Will Learn From the Attempted Airliner Bombing on Christmas Day

A vital lesson.

Jan 6, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Public Option, Which a Majority of Americans Favor, Is Dropped From the Healthcare Bill The Public Option, Which a Majority of Americans Favor, Is Dropped From the Healthcare Bill

And senators have no remorse.

Dec 22, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Blackwater, Blackwater Blackwater, Blackwater

No one keeps track--so let's take a crack.

Dec 16, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Dow Plunges on News of Credit Crisis in the United Arab Emirates Dow Plunges on News of Credit Crisis in the United Arab Emirates

Here's something that will make you sigh.

Dec 2, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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