The Ghost in The Squirrel Machine
A new opus from the obscurantist Hans Rickheit.
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21 December 2009: Afternoon
Clashes in an Iranian holy city after a dissident cleric's funeral, which hundreds of thousands attended. Iran captivated by Korean soap opera Jumong. Journalist deaths peaked in 2009, with 68 fatalities. D.C. detective pulls a gun after his Hummer gets hit with snowballs (see footage). Will Ferrell
The Original Trotskyite 2.0
One of two new biographies of the influential Soviet revolutionary, Leon Trotsky.
21 December 2009: Morning
Senate votes to end health care debate, set a final vote for Christmas Eve. Fantasy geopolitics is the new fantasy football. This year, it's unlikely New Yorkers can spare the generosity to grant wishes in the letters to Santa that pile up at the post office. James Cameron
The Top 10 Albums of 2009
The past 10 years have upturned the music world, and we’re all better for it. A countdown of the year’s best music, and the artist of the decade is named.
The Fall
In these new photos by Richard Mosse, the wreckage of celebrated machines and technologies is slowly being absorbed by the natural world.
A Polish Joke
Is Witold Gombrowicz one of the greatest novelists of the century? You decide.
Crimes of the Utopian Left
French intellectual Jean François Revel derides Utopian Leftists.
18 December 2009: Weekend
Iceberg larger than Manhattan breaks from Antarctica, heads for Australia. Related: Man attempts to crowdsurf Manhattan today (follow progress here). "Who's on First" meets environmental disaster when an oil tanker's front falls off. Slideshow looks at which tiny island nations compose the Alliance of
To Will a Mockingbird
Fashions come and go, but names tend to stick around forever, even hippie ones.