Day in the Life
James Hynes’s hilarious new novel, “Next,” is a day in the life of an everyman.
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A collection of 14233 issues
Mixed vs. Medley
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, we do absolutely nothing to assist a reader while coining a new phrase.
26 March 2010: Weekend
F.B.I. investigates threats against Democrats who voted for health care reform. Activist to transform Maldives atoll into "Democracy Island," a camp to learn nonviolent political change. Economist's assessment of health care reform: coverage to be expanded dramatically, but at a heavy cost to the
25 March 2010: Afternoon
Reporters say Obama's bipartisan summit was deceptive, a red herring, a brilliant tactic. Q&A about Madrid's psychology emergency response team. You either believe that six million Jews died in the Holocaust or you don't. Q&A with leader of the U.
Standard & Poor
Accountability in education is here to stay—but you try creating tests that equally suit Texans and Hawaiians.
My Kinda Town
A big-shouldered biography for that big prairie metropolis, Chicago.
25 March 2010: Morning
Netanyahu ends U.S. visit with no resolution; areas of disagreement remain. Op: Knowing Netanyahu would be reenergized by his speech at AIPAC, Obama and his staff set him a honey trap. Tea Partiers use centuries-old nullification tactics to challenge health care reform. Liberals mock Bush's hand-
Heroes and Villains
Native American lore and paranormality in the Lakota Black Hills of Dan Simmons’s imagination.
Leveling Up
An invokation of Super Mario Brothers, Buddhists, and the customers at your local Starbucks.
The Souls of White Folk
Nell Irvin Painter unpacks the evanescent notion of race in “The History of White People.”