Smoke the Fire
Hank Williams III blew the doors off country music last fall when he released three ambitious, experimental albums all on the same day. A conversation about tradition, hardcore, and punishment.
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March 5, 2012: Afternoon
* The only unexpected aspect of Putin's Sunday victory was the tear in his eye. * America's moral "decline" includes decreased crime, divorce, teenage pregnancy rates. * Question dividing the GOP: Is the end of defeating radical Islam worth the means of big government nation-building? * Remnick:
Citizen of Somewhere
Before the memorial for the fallen journalist, I stumbled down the hill toward the church, hungover and hungry. Consider the falafel sandwich. At under $2, it was my obvious move. But I was sick and sad, and the kids behind the stove looked like 12-year-olds who should have
March 5, 2012: Morning
* The Port Huron Statement reads as relevant today as it did 50 years ago. * After thousands of years of looking down on feelings, they may be smarter than the conscious mind. * History shows it's still too early to count on Obama's momentum and count out a
How I Learned to Love the Bomb
Elegance found inside an Arizona parking lot of retired B-52 bombers, where function and form can be equally disturbing.
Austerity Bites
{image-1} Every Friday we take a look back at the week’s headlines, centering on a theme we’ve singled out as particularly important. Signs of ongoing austerity were everywhere this week. Meanwhile we were starting to make sense of the Great Recession and trying to avoid the next
March 2, 2012: Afternoon
* Putin invokes Lermontov, Molotov, and Martin Luther King—but Russia is harder to inspire these days. * Don't miss today's Letter From Moscow interviewing protesters, commentators, and Kremlin-watchers about this weekend's election. * Bullfighter returns five months after severe goring left him unable to chew.
Postseason
The lot of a football fan is a rough one. Fans of professional hockey and basketball have 82 games in the regular season to look forward to. A baseball junkie gets to gorge himself on 162. Tennis lovers have four major tournaments and a slew of minor ones. But the
Boots March on Bolotnaya Square
This winter, a burgeoning protest movement laid its cornerstone in a former swamp and up grew hope. Our correspondent talks to protesters, editors, commentators, and Kremlin-watchers in anticipation of this weekend's election and what comes next.
March 2, 2012: Morning
* Beth Israel agrees to pay $13 million for fraudulently inflating fees for Medicare patients. * With the big GOP money now secure, Romney launches Obama-style grassroots fundraising. * In defense of federal bureaucrats. * By pouncing on Obama's Koran apology, Republican hopefuls reveal archaic, Cold War mentality. * Children of 1976