Body Parts
British writer Will Self may seem to have odd preoccupations, but so what?
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11 December 2009: Weekend
Many in publishing glad to see the industry's bad juju kill Kirkus; Editor & Publisher also dies (after 125 years). What life will be like when we all live to 100. Profiles of defection: More than 4,200 Iranians world-wide have sought refugee status since Iran'
Obama si? Obama no?
Hendrick Hertzberg’s new account brings us up to Obama’s biggest problem: being elected.
Pushing Your Buttons
Introducing iBox 2G, the fastest, most powerful way to satisfy your greed and simultaneously kill a complete stranger.
What Are Your Past Year's Solutions?
The end of the year is nigh and perhaps too the world. Forget new year's resolutions; we want to pause, take stock, and celebrate this past year's solutions. December's Of Recent Note celebrates the good things of your 2009. What minor achievement, what big
Murder, He Wrote
Why do we kill more of each other than any other so-called civilized nation?
10 December 2009: Morning
A perk of being in the C.I.A.: bypassing airport security. In short, he loves the Jews. Sen. Orrin Hatch pens a new holiday tune, "Eight Days of Hanukkah." Festival-goer summons police overs allegations that the music he was hearing wasn't jazz. Why Congress
Bach in the Day
A book about six Bach cello suites and the legend Pablo Casals tells a very good story.
10 December 2009: Afternoon
Obama shouldn't encourage distrust between India and Pakistan; Obama must plan to negotiate with the Taliban. Unique solution to fixing American politics: Square the districts. Instapaper for the commute: Everything you know about America vs. Iran is wrong. New data show Australia, land of climate skeptics, to possess
Smiling Happily in the Evening of Life
Drawn to Denmark to observe the U.N. meeting on climate change, our man in Copenhagen is somewhat waylaid, eating blazing fire and drinking liquified koala.