Frank Portman
Frank Portman was once better known as Dr. Frank, frontman of the seminal Bay Area punk band The Mr. T Experience. Now he’s building a reputation as an author. His latest novel, “Andromeda Klein,” is due out on Aug. 25.
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18 August 2009: Afternoon
Hitchens: Yale Press's capitulation on the Mohammed cartoons is a tub of rot. Mood report in Afghanistan: "Do not vote on Thursday, or we will punish you. Signed, the Taliban." Chronic stress found to rewire the brain to promote further feelings of being highly stressed. Op:
How to Play Magic: The Gathering
Those who can't do, learn. In this installment of our series in which the clueless apprentice with the experts, we learn lands, creatures, and spells from Magic great Jon Finkel.
17 August 2009: Morning
White House hints it's willing to compromise on the "public option" in its health plan. "I'll be voting Taliban." The first part in a video series on this week's Afghanistan elections. Strict gender segregation (and debatably, adversity) may have a
The Matsue Rule
Taiji Matsue’s photographs of landscapes appear to be paintings for the sheer scale of content—geometric lines of cities and curves of mountains so elegant they could only be fake, except that they’re real.
17 August 2009: Afternoon
Publishers to follow the Financial Times in charging for news to offset waves in advertising. Obama: The most frightening thing about health care reform is doing nothing. I like horses and I like Obama. Nothin' wrong with that. Going country with Channing Tatum. Details of financial fissures under the
The Duh Vinci Code
The magnitude of a new Dan Brown book overshadows worthy contemporaries.
Taking Woodstock
Forty years and three days ago, hippies invaded Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y.
When the Lights Went Out
At 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, tens of millions of people across the Northeast and Midwest U.S. and Ontario were suddenly without power. Our staff and readers tell us what happened next.
14 August 2009: Weekend
France and Germany officially exit the recession--perhaps not for long--while the rest of the world struggles. Instapaper for Saturday morning: Game theorist says Iran won't get the bomb. Survey of world leaders' preferred vacation spots. Speculations on a post-Warren Buffett world and the appeal