Republicans plan vote-a-rama to embarrass Democrats with a richness of amendments to reject. Remembrance of Iran's Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, now martyr "for those who would seek reform." Op: Health care reform will create "a world that partisans of limited government should welcome.
Netanyahu gets informal treatment during White House visit; Britain expels Israeli diplomat over passports mess. Education chief kept confidential log of Chicago pols seeking spots in top schools. Video: Biden calls reform "a big fucking deal." See also: Brief history of D.C.'s bad language. Nestle
Fitzgerald based his “Tycoon” on Hollywood legend Irving Thalberg. Now there’s a new biography.
After 60 years of effort, the Wiesenthal Center's sixth-most-wanted Nazi is convicted. More than 160 arrested in connection with the Jos massacre in Nigeria. Economic double standard found in banning ivory but not tuna. India to weaponize the bhut jolokia, the world's hottest chili.
The mordant wit of Brit Francis Wheen zeros in on that lame and sickly decade, the ’70s.
Russia hammers the competition in the Winter Paralympics after its worst-ever Winter Olympics. High-fructose corn syrup found to cause obesity; Americans consume 60 pounds of it each year. Newspapers as drugs: in a pure state, full of facts; when cut with Lady Gaga photos, dangerous. Useful Q&
Even a being formed out of clay a thousand years ago has to make a living in today’s world. The Golem returns, and reveals an array of especially odd jobs.
With the recent springlike weather, we are spending as much time as possible on terraces, and we can only hope your weekends also involve porches, decks, patios, and the lovely, cold beverages to go along with them. Spring has sprung (with any luck), and this month’s Of Recent Note
Jules Feiffer may not do it all, but he does a lot. Now comes a memoir.
Haiti struggles to find 40,000 dwellings for 200,000 people currently in flood- or mudslide-prone areas. Israelis want Stanley Tunick to come shoot them naked; labour minister Noked gives his support. AIPAC leader: "Jerusalem is not a settlement. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel." If the
