Our French Connection
A two-week journey across the US—specifically towns named Paris, with a clipboard and a hundred questionnaires—to uncover what Americans think about the French.
Archive
A collection of 14232 issues
May 29, 2012: Afternoon
* Desire to outshine the Soviets may have led to collaborations between the CIA and Paris Review. * Full account of quizzing Americans from Maine to Nevada about the French. * Tuesday poem: "The End and the Beginning," by Szymborska. * Everything that Americans should know before embracing Eurovision. * Related: In case
Look Out, North America
Venus Williams just told Vanity Fair that her biggest inspiration in life (other than her sister) is the band 311. My brain melts. If this isn’t proof that one of America’s leading tennis names is no longer young, I don’t know what is. Remember, she’s a
May 29, 2012: Morning
* Profile of Obama, former liberal law professor, as kill-master leader of the shadow war against al Qaeda. * In Peru, anti-mining protests lead to two deaths and a state of emergency. * Idiot's guide to Egypt's election. * Studies find everybody has the capacity to be dishonest,
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
I took Tuesday afternoon off work to visit a historical site a short walk from my apartment in Brooklyn. It’d been raining that morning, so I had to avoid a lot of standing water and muddy patches as I walked through Fort Greene Park. The sky was still overcast
Make the Most of It
Every Friday we take a look back at the week’s headlines, centering on a theme we’ve singled out as particularly important. This week, when we weren’t squeezing every drop from air miles, from life, and from reading too much into the crime statistics, we were finding all
May 25, 2012: Holiday
* New research shows Mars "has life's building blocks," though there's still no sign of fossilized SUVs. * The hidden costs of being a New York City cabbie. * After inadvertently transporting shellfish across the ocean, deep-sea scientists warn against removing organisms from their habitats. * Unlike
May 25, 2012: Morning
* State Dept. human rights report turns the spotlight on China for deteriorating conditions. * Chinese citizens revolt over a $630 million plan to plant trees. * People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. * Solar plane takes off from Switzerland,
May 24, 2012: Afternoon
* Polls open on the second day of Egypt's first presidential election. * BBC live blog of Egypt's election. * Pakistani doctor who helped find Bin Laden sentenced to 33 years for spying. * White guy explains how to be hired by Chinese firms seeking white males to attend meetings.
May 24, 2012: Morning
* Proposed law would ban anonymous comments on New York-based sites. * Treating virtue as a commodity. * Neil Armstrong, whose father was an auditor, gives rare interview to Australian CPA group. * The photo of a boy touching Obama's hair is more than cute; it's become a deeply