Culture

Will Letterman and Saturday Night Live Help Defeat McCain? Will Letterman and Saturday Night Live Help Defeat McCain?

If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.

Sep 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adam Howard

Tina Fey Plays Palin in Katie Couric Interview Parody Tina Fey Plays Palin in Katie Couric Interview Parody

Fey impersonates Palin in a hilarious sketch parodying the Republican's disastrous interview with Katie Couric.

Sep 28, 2008 / Saturday Night Live

America Needs a New New Deal America Needs a New New Deal

We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.

Sep 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Eric Schlosser

Archive: Bearing Witness in Mississippi Archive: Bearing Witness in Mississippi

As the eyes of the nation are focused on the University of Mississippi for the presidential debate, The Nation archive yields insights on key events in Mississippi during the civi...

Sep 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marissa Colón-Margolies and Erica Landau

Ode to John McCain, Political Magician Ode to John McCain, Political Magician

With apologies to David Blaine, and none to John McCain, an ode to a political magician.

Sep 26, 2008 / Evan Eisenberg

Stephen Colbert ‘Suspends’ His Show Stephen Colbert ‘Suspends’ His Show

Parodying McCain's campaign "suspension," Colbert briefly brings his show to a halt until the financial crisis is averted.

Sep 25, 2008 / The Colbert Report

The Palin Action Doll The Palin Action Doll

Puppet lobbyists, banned books and the Bridge to Nowhere Play Set sold separately.

Sep 24, 2008 / Revision3

Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’ Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’

A new history celebrates the nineteenth-century roots of humanitarian intervention and glosses over their imperial pretensions.

Sep 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Homing Patterns: Marilynne Robinson’s Fiction Homing Patterns: Marilynne Robinson’s Fiction

Marilynne Robinson's new novel explores faith, loneliness and the national passion play of race.

Sep 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

John McCain Explains What He Meant by Saying That the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong John McCain Explains What He Meant by Saying That the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong

He'll figure it out eventually.

Sep 24, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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