Narragansett Narragansett
The complete sentence narrates a satisfying process. It closes and opens like a clam. I take a knife to the sentence and start my evening at the raw bar. It is hard work, and the sentences would prefer to be in the ocean. I would rather be a patron of this establishment. Someone over my shoulder Would rather know I am going to continue to put up with his stuff. It is not a wide receiver, his stuff. It is his development, Which is gradual. It involves testing me. Sometimes These tests take the form of imperatives. Drive onto the boat! The boat would rather be en route to Maine. It is an ambitious ferry. My knife wishes to whittle patterns Into the enormous picnic table. Art does not narrate.
Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
A Grand Jury Investigates John Edwards A Grand Jury Investigates John Edwards
He's got some explaining to do.
Sep 23, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
PSA Parody: Protect Insurance Companies PSA Parody: Protect Insurance Companies
Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde and other popular entertainers speak out in defense of greedy health insurance execs backed by an ominous soundtrack.
Sep 22, 2009 / Funny or Die
Irving Kristol’s New Conservatism Manifesto Irving Kristol’s New Conservatism Manifesto
Irving Kristol's book reveals he's no democrat with a lowercase "d" either.
Sep 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Philip Green
Kristol’s Red Persuasion? Kristol’s Red Persuasion?
Drawing on his past as a Trotskyite, Irving Kristol states his case for capitalism--but cautiously.
Sep 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Lekachman
Lewis Black Takes on Angry Outbursts Lewis Black Takes on Angry Outbursts
Has 2009 been the year of the angry outburst? Lewis Black breaks down recent bad behavior from Joe Wilson, Kanye West and Serena Williams as only he can.
Sep 18, 2009 / The Daily Show
Anatomy of Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ Outburst Anatomy of Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ Outburst
What if all the GOP congressmen were supposed to yell 'you lie' but changed their minds at the last minute while Joe Wilson was in the bathroom?
Sep 18, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
The African Airlift The African Airlift
The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
Emotional Rescue Emotional Rescue
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum, Jane Campion's Bright Star
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Domestic Existentialist: On Mercè Rodoreda A Domestic Existentialist: On Mercè Rodoreda
Mercè Rodoreda's fiction plumbs a sadness borne of helplessness, an almost voluptuous vulnerability.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer