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.
Archive
A collection of 14234 issues
11 May 2009: Morning
Obama's swift maneuver on stem-cell funding will embolden conservatives, provide an economic windfall for states that take the money. Think of H as hair and N as nose, two features for learning and remembering the identity of a virus. Influenza, explained. There's still nothing set
La Vache Qui Rit and Another Cow Altogether
A passion for French cinema turns into an offscreen romance. Never mind the language barrier, because the cultural barriers are so much funnier.
8 May 2009: Morning
Obama to withdraw funding for NYC nuclear detection efforts that never functioned properly--or knew what to do if a bomb was actually found. U.S. officials say Afghan civilians died in airstrikes, disavow Taliban grenade stories. Studies show governments who abuse human rights experience more domestic and transnational terrorism.
8 May 2009: Weekend
Summary of the state of America's problems in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Dark Saturday morning read: My life with depression. Account of British parliament's brutal destruction of Gordon Brown. Upside to nominating a lesbian to the Supreme Court: Conservatives might reveal anti-gay bias beneath same-sex
7 May 2009: Morning
Officials find evidence that Afghan civilian deaths attributed to U.S. airstrikes may be subterfuge caused by Taliban grenades. Swine flu still poses a danger, especially if, like the Spanish flu of 1918, this is the mild peak before the lethal comeback. If a more dangerous swine flu lurks ahead,
The Transient, Digital Fetish
As the world goes Kindle and iPhone-mad, paperbacks and mixtapes become worthy of devotion. Watching a music collection disappear and wondering what it meant.
7 May 2009: Afternoon
Women's groups in Kenya stage seven-day sex strike to end government deadlock. Jailed journalist Roxana Saberi ends hunger strike. U.S. lawyers reveal they've got two hours of highlights showing Sheikh Issa's tastes in torture. Instapaper for the commute: Everything you need to
6 May 2009: Morning
The first American dies from swine flu--the 33-year-old Texas woman had an unnamed pre-existing medical condition. For the Pashtun nation and Taliban militants, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border doesn't exist--blame the British for drawing an arbitrary line. Scientists ponder a "Churchill gene"
6 May 2009: Afternoon
Regulators comfortable that Chrysler won't pay back its $7 billion handout while filing for bankruptcy. Tory leader David Cameron has his bike stolen again. Instapaper for the commute: Letter from Beirut finds society teetering between normalcy and collapse. What fascinates the markets about Islamic finance is its dramatic