Next month, we are starting a new TMN feature called Crowdsource, and for its first installment, we want your rage. Here Is the Product I Hate and Why We want to know what you feel indeniably, unequivocally hateful about. Think of all the crap polluting the world. What current consumer
Kandahar diary: Before we know what these advances mean, brigades cautioned to "under-promise and over-deliver." Lacking data about almost every activity, Egypt possesses a "horrifying" scale of deficiencies. Reading Times tea leaves--Japan is falling, China is rising--with the skinny-jeans coeffecient. New
This election, Democratic candidates have outraised and outspent their Republican opponents--excepting Whitman's $141 million. A history of candidates with odd names: Young Boozer, Isaac Hayes, Barack Obama. Abroad, journalists are fascinated and bemused by the Tea Party, confirming all their suspicions about Americans. "We are a
House and Senate candidates on their way to surpassing $2 billion in spending for the first time. U.S. now ranks between Qatar and Uruguay on Corruption Perception index, based on lessening political transparency. Rhode Island Democratic nominee for governor defends telling Obama to "really shove" the endorsement
"I wish they would totally ban it...or just make it totally legal." Life for sheriff's deputies in Humboldt County, Calif. The beef between California and Texas over pollution, jobs, and who's got the better economy. BP's new CEO makes his first
Our man in Boston sits down with author and “New Yorker” editor Ben Greenman to discuss independent publishing, the edges of art, and “Celebrity Chekhov.”
For America’s Democrats, the past two decades were a blur of saxophones, chads, and John Kerry’s sloped withers. Then came hope. A dip into the acid puddle to find faith.
Iran's millions paid in cash to Kabul's leaders said to be common practice among countries courting favor. Long read for the commute: Hersh, cyber war, hype manufacturing. See also: studio life of Afghanistan's first soap opera. Citation analysis says the New York Times considers
These surreal yet cozy images in Bo Bartlett’s work depict a world the painter knows best—himself, his childhood home, and family. But beyond painting what he knows, Bartlett paints what he feels, a spiritual connection between his past, present, and future lives. (Some images NSFW)
Why, if the Democrats lose, Obama could be better off--and why it boosts his chances for a 2012 win. Guns purchased from a single shop outside D.C. have been linked to 2,500 crimes. Find online success or die trying--in 18 months, The Awl went broke and
