Reading With Scissors
If not for a tragic car accident in 2001, W.G. Sebald would be celebrating his senior citizenship next week. Recalling an obsessive introduction to the author’s unclassifiable genre.
Archive
A collection of 14233 issues
13 May 2009: Morning
Recession hastens the decline of Medicare and Social Security, which now will be exhausted in 2017 and 2037, respectively. Op: Pay attention to Hungary as its economic crisis engenders radical polarization and upheaval. Cancer patient files lawsuit against the genetics company whose patent blocks additional testing. Pakistan's conspiracy
13 May 2009: Afternoon
Bush official testifies that Bush's torture tactics were a "collective failure." Op: A few culled Congress members shouldn't be our only check on potential C.I.A. misconduct. Jennifer Boylan on her longstanding, legal same-sex Maine marriage--seeing how previously she was a
No Take Backs
Recently unmasked producer Burial joins his old schoolmate Four Tet on a cryptically released 12-inch. The result is two post-rock peregrinations sure to set your perceptions on edge.
Jad Abumrad
Welcome! We’re very excited to kick off our new TMN Talks series with Radio Lab co-host Jad Abumrad. Email your questions to talk@themorningnews.org. The session is now closed. See below for all your questions and Jad’s responses, and check back soon for another TMN Talk!
Out of the Old Hotel
As the New York Times kills its City section this month, New York loses a fine way of knowing itself. Paying tribute to all the Joseph Mitchells and Joe Goulds.
12 May 2009: Morning
Forcing out the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan indicates a move to an innovative, unconventional approach. Obama's new hire, an ex-special ops lead man, has a troubling past of supposedly aiding and abetting torture and prisoner abuse. U.S.-Iranian journalist released after charges of spying
12 May 2009: Afternoon
Sri Lankan artillery assault over the weekend killed hundreds of civilians, called "a bloodbath." Journalist Saberi's release shows Iran's desire to work with the U.S., though Iran-hands caution against sunny thinking. Zimbabwe jails more journalists. German upscale car-less suburb prospers; imitator
11 May 2009: Afternoon
Sudan appoints wanted war criminal to govern potential north-south flashpoint. National honor won't be restored until we give up scapegoating rank-and-file soldiers for their commanders' crimes at Abu Ghraib. Vaclav Havel: The U.N.'s Human Rights Council is a shameful farce. Army
White Space
Painter Silke Schöner turns landscapes on their heads with extraction, paving fields and sky with empty plains of space that we can fill in.