Culture

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

Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary

As the Democrats hysterically reel away from heath care reform in the wake of Scott ("My daughters are available") Brown's win in Massachusetts, I'd like to suggest the s...

Jan 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan

The Love We Lost The Love We Lost

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.

Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché

The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.

Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl

A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring

If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?

Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz

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night promises to be long there we'll remain alone or maybe there we'll never be lonely artists of the impossible we hardly belong to ourselves our shadows weave the illusion of our dreams and feed with slow movements they shriek across an instant night's envelope is torn they go mad and search about in their blazing heart they need to hear once more silence's echo turned to stone (Translated from the French by Peter Thompson)

Jan 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Amina Saïd

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

Borrower’s Remorse? Borrower’s Remorse?

Is bilingualism a sign of vitality, or the gradual takeover of one language by another?

Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

The Dream Reborn The Dream Reborn

Markese Bryant (aka Doo Dat), born and raised in East Oakland, knows firsthand the effects of pollution and poverty in local communities of color. Now he's a leader in the movement...

Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation

As part of America's progressive folk tradition, The Tillers demonstrate that the left has long been essential to the country's cultural fabric.

Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Geoffrey Dobbins

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