* Summary of Hurricane Sandy's destruction so far, including multiple deaths, vast power outages, flooding, and blizzards. * Round-up of photographs of Sandy-swamped New York City. * See also: Large-scale Sandy photos. * Among the best blogs providing live Sandy coverage: CNN's "This Just In."
* What you could buy with the money the candidates have raised so far. * The demands of a presidential campaigns require amazing stamina. * New York subway stations are empty, shut down in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. * Movies to watch on Netflix when you're on lockdown for Sandy. * Though Armstrong
The sign industry is making a comeback, restoring brush and paint into our contemporary landscape of sameness. From the new book “Sign Painters,” portraits of America’s best sign painters and their work, with an essay by artist (and former sign painter) Ed Ruscha.
* Connecticut governor says Sandy is "the largest threat to human life our state has experienced in anyone's lifetime." * Sandy has killed the presidential campaigns. * Times building points high-quality webcam at Sandy to update every minute. * Lindsay Lohan urges East Coasters to quit freaking out about
* Why companies in the same industry tend to wind up in the vicinity of one another. * Interactive graphs show America's economic stagnation over the past decade. * Iraq and Afghanistan didn't achieve desired outcomes for the U.S., but its military still dominates all others. * John Warner
Fan message boards are notoriously alarmist; they’re the place where die-hards go to poke the bruise after a tough loss or question the merits of a shaky win. People who post pride themselves on not being deluded by loyalty or love. The Patriots-specific sections of the Boston
* By the election, the presidential candidates and their parties will each have raised more than $1 billion. * New Obama ad featuring Lena Dunham extolling her "first time" is the same as an old Vladimir Putin spot. * Political ads have "shockingly small" influence; the campaigns are spending
Elections once conferred a larger knowledge that made us feel more connected to what’s important. But this cycle’s meaningless content overload has delivered little more a desire to unplug.
* The GOP is now so splintered that a Romney win could spell the end of the Reagan coalition. * For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. * Writer Vanessa Veselka remembers the time in 1985 that she hitched a ride with
We’ve emptied half the cylinder in our Reading Roulette series of contemporary Russian literature—stories you won’t find anywhere else in translation, unfortunately. This month we usher to the table a 2013 Russian Booker Prize contender for a shot at blowing your mind.
