MI6 chief says torture's forbidden, though "dilemmas" pop up when partners offer info gained from pain. British Airways chief says U.S. airport security has "completely redundant" elements. United States mapped according to movies. List of political parties inspired by things upon which people
A dying woman asks her husband for a final favor. What will happen when he loosens the ribbon around her neck?
Unlike two years ago, there's one thing candidates aren't talking about this election season: climate change. From Gone With the Wind to Hot Tub Time Machine: Creditors to decide MGM's fate on Friday. New Zealand introduces new legislation just so The Hobbit can still
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.
