The Karma Bum
When Allen Ginsberg stayed with my family, we played video games and read together. But the harmony was broken when the yoga began. It wouldn't be the last time.
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4 January 2011: Morning
This time, America really is in decline: picking apart the arguments that insist otherwise. If China is the next superpower, that's news to the Chinese. Eager Republicans want to undo the last Congress--except their constituents want job creation, not patriotic posturing. Focus groups during the development of
4 January 2011: Afternoon
World's boredom aficionados meet to discuss drying paint, paper clips, car roofs. Op: Contemplating anti-Semitism in the Netherlands--Europe's Muslim problem is that it sees no problem. Despite cold winters, nearly every building in Mexico City lacks central heat. Decade after Taliban's supposed
The Empty Restaurants of New York
When a restaurant is empty, is it still an eating establishment? Wijnanda Deroo’s portraits of vacant restaurants, taken in four of New York City’s five boroughs, reflect just as much on human habits—although people are conspicuously absent from her photographs—as on the spaces themselves.
3 January 2011: Morning
As lawmakers depart their D.C. offices and new ones move in, their aides scramble to find new jobs. One-term Democrat Alan Grayson leaves office, though not without hurling barbs at his own party and "tool of special interest" Boehner. In contrast to Pelosi's gala
23 December 2010: Holiday
Charity Navigator's tips for holiday giving: give without strings; follow up on disaster donations. Humanitarian Notes produces music to entertain, educate, and raise HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa. Partners in Health: Partnering with poor communities to address "untreatable" health problems. Acumen Fund invests in enterprises that
2010 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
You made your list, you checked it twice, then you waited until the last minute to do any of your shopping. Ideas for gifts for everyone on your list, whether they want them or not.
22 December 2010: Morning
New census results in seat gains for some states, losses for others--California still holds the largest chunk. Texas's four new seats aren't a sure G.O.P. win--though Republicans will be drawing up the new district lines. Backgrounder on the worldwide elections to watch
Liner Notes 2010
In our Crowdsource series, we tap the masses’ wisdom for your entertainment. This week, TMN readers and staff shout-out to those who made their year.
22 December 2010: Afternoon
South Korea aggressively erects giant Christmas tree near North Korea. Chinese officials ban foreign words and Chinglish from publication to keep language pure. Justice and politics in Russia is "all form and no content," as shown in trial of jailed oil tycoon Khodorkovsky. Spain's annual Christmas