No Gimmicks
Too often we assume art requires interpretation. But paintings don’t need to broadcast meaning to be meaningful.
Archive
A collection of 14284 issues
February 23, 2015
* Syriza buckles, will accede to four-month extension of austerity in Greece. * Steelworkers expand strike, the largest since 1980, to Port Arthur; Shell refuses to budge on safety demands. * Forceful demonstration flares in Texas private prison; inmates were protesting medical neglect. * See also: Cadre of architects question ethics of prison
The Apocalypse Will Be Televised
When the world ends, CNN won’t be the only channel with a doomsday video ready for broadcast.
February 20, 2015
* Before working at Gitmo, a Chicago detective may have tortured and wrongfully convicted people of color for years. * Louisiana refuses to compensate Glenn Ford for the 30 years he spent on death row for a murder he didn't commit. * NSA and GCHQ hacked one of the world'
February 19, 2015
* Justice Dept. prepared to sue Ferguson PD over racial discrimination if it doesn't make recommended changes. * Football in general, and football fans in particular, can't persuade a racist not to be a racist. * MLK was a Trekkie, and in 1969 he convinced star Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
Gods and Kings and Middle Managers
Recent astronomical discoveries have expanded our understanding of the universe—and messed up godhead performance reviews.
Presenting the 2015 Tournament of Books Brackets and Schedule
The 2015 Rooster crows on March 9, which means it’s time to download this year’s brackets to make your picks for which books will live, which ones will die, and which ones will live, then die, then get zombified in the 2015 Tournament of Books, presented by Field
February 18, 2015
* Aggressive form of HIV discovered in Cuba; the strain progresses into AIDS three times faster. * Stronger marijuana may pose higher risk of psychotic disorders. * Rome officials panic as ISIS makes its way into Libya, just across the Mediterranean from Italy. * Young Chinese, attracted by Jon Stewart's transparency message,
My Time of Not Dying
Call it Kreider’s Law: You can’t be grateful to be alive your entire life. Especially when there's an arms race going on inside your head.
New York Fashion Week at My House
A visit to the New York studio/living room of a family’s style director who has a week’s worth of laundry ahead of her.