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24 November 2009: Morning
"You've been to New Jersey, haven't you?" An Iranian reporter's story of imprisonment and interrogation. Finalists from National Geographic's international photography contest, open to amateurs and professionals alike. Since taking office, Obama has forsaken basketball for golf, which he'
24 November 2009: Afternoon
Nation source says Xe, formerly Blackwater, runs assassination ops in Pakistan; Xe and Defense officials deny charges. Obama to announce his Afghanistan decision next Tuesday. Recipe for pie crust perfected by Obama's "Crustmaker." Op: A proper Thanksgiving should balance indulgence with forbearance; gluttony ain't
23 November 2009: Morning
Amidst waves of apology to Britons shipped to Australia as children, Gordon Brown may wait, weigh demands for reparations. Isn't life is too short to...split hairs, semantically, over what a waiter or even a T-Mobile customer support specialist said to you? Claude Vordell out-ops an
23 November 2009: Afternoon
Memo shows the Pentagon agreeing with the White House on how much new service members in Afghanistan will cost. The Tajikistan plan: The best-case scenario for Afghanistan is a two or three-decade struggle toward stability. Squirrel economics: Rather than storing away for next year, the U.S. gnashes
Between Floating and Falling
Between plummeting and floating, we’re cut loose from the earth but still part of the world. Elijah Gowin’s images of bodies suspended combine traditional photography with new technology to illustrate the tranquility and the fear of falling.
Good Sports
As athletes claim a larger chunk of the entertainment world, there is a plethora of sports biographies.
More From Gore Vidal
Like the man himself, Gore Vidal’s scrapbook of the past half-century is unparalleled.
20 November 2009: Weekend
F.I.F.A. turns down Ireland's request to replay the handball-tainted playoff match against France. Brooks: Geithner and Obama saved the global economy and deserve credit. The case for This American Life as the newest propaganda arm of the conservative movement. Positive correlation found between a
RoseLee Goldberg
RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, and author of Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. In 2004, she founded PERFORMA, a non-profit arts organization that hosts a biennial series of performance art pieces in New York City. PERFORMA 09 (running through Nov. 22) marks the 100th anniversary