Street Skew
Plenty of artists take inspiration from Google Maps. But Arden Bendler Browning’s abstractions of urban landscapes convince us the city—riotous and tamed, growing and decaying—is more alive than we think.
Archive
A collection of 14287 issues
December 3, 2012: Morning
* Britain and France to protest Israel's decision to approve new homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. * Q&A with Guy Delisle on his fantastic travel comic Jerusalem: Chronicles From the Holy City. * Homeless man, famous for receiving boots from New York cop, is shoeless again
November 30, 2012: Afternoon
* China extends stop-and-board rights to most of the South China Sea—far from the mainland, the waters are already claimed by other nations. * Sandy evacuees housed in NYC hotels prepare to transfer to more permanent temporary arrangements. * The overall U.S. birth rate decreased by 8% between 2007-
The 49ers Stink
When Joe Montana took his last snap as a 49er, in the final game of the 1992 regular season, I was a quiet five-year-old living in the southernmost reaches of the Bay Area. Montana came on during the second half, after an injury-forced hiatus of nearly two
November 30, 2012: Morning
* UN votes to recognize Palestine as a "non-member observer state," same as the Vatican. * John Kerry receives unqualified support for Secretary of State job, though from Republicans, not his own partymates. * Seal for the State Dept.'s Policy Planning Staff includes slogan, "Avoid Trivia."
Heaven Can Wait
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, advice for a lovelorn atheist who wants to know if a Christian could love him back.
November 29, 2012: Afternoon
* Today Syria disconnected from the internet. * Another hardship for coastal residents in New York and New Jersey: mandatory flood insurance. * Climate change in the kitchen. * Tumblr of the day: Eating Carefully. * They're convinced that it just so happens that their self-interest coincides perfectly with the collective interest.
Attica Locke
Our man in Boston talks to screenwriter and novelist Attica Locke about writing in Hollywood, the origins of her second novel, and where exactly British prisoners locate the moral heart of The Wire.
November 29, 2012: Morning
* On Monday, New York City passed a day without a single report of a person being subject to violent crime. * Time-lapse movie of leaves changing color in Central Park. * Mitt Romney to eat lunch at the White House today. * Slightly awkward WikiHow guide to filling awkward silences. * Moscow court
November 28, 2012: Afternoon
* By the numbers: Hurricane Katrina versus post-tropical cyclone Sandy. * Sea levels rising faster than earlier projections. * Mapmakers delete an island that never existed and whose origins date to 1875. * If every U.S. state declared war against the others, which would win? * Painful memories surface while raising an Irgun