Measuring the blood from January's massacre: 211,500 job cuts so far. Notes on the wooing, lobbyists, and millions of opinions involved in the nearly $900 billion stimulus package. One opinion: Restore NASA's mission statement of service, please. How to prepare yourself for Obama's
Op: I cannot think of any other president with the same kind of personal credibility in such a critical time. Obama is wise to reach out to the Islamic world. Alberto Gonzales attempts a comeback; here's the backlash. Today's long read: Escaping North Korea, China, Laos,
They arrive on airplanes, in cars with colorful license plates, bearing camera equipment and unseasonable clothing. Welcoming our friends beyond the Hudson.
Inclement weather or no, Lawrence Weschler’s oeuvre is well worth discovering—be it his recently republished and updated early works on Hockney and Irwin, or his recent study of convergences, “Everything That Rises.”
Far-right politicians boosted by the Gaza War even though they didn't plan the offensive. John Updike dies, age 76. The stimulus as analyzed by economists from opposing sides. Save money by making a sweater from your pet. What it's like to travel to Sudan for
For all paying attention to historiography and accessible scholarship, Jessica Helfand has compiled samplings from over 200 scrapbooks, selected from both private individuals and more well-known Americans.
Guantanamo, check; but what about Bagram in Afghanistan, which has double the number of detainees--who've had even fewer rights? More journalists at Russia's Novaya Gazeta die when the newspaper exposes more corruption, human rights violations. Don't be lazy, don't be a
In a wide-ranging discussion, our man in Boston talks with novelist and skeptic James Howard Kunstler about life as it is, life as it could be, and life as we may encounter.
Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at The End of the World” is more than whimsical characters and stunning underwater Antarctic photography. It’s about his search for truth, life, and stories, and it thoroughly deserves Academy Award recognition.
Monday job cuts see 45,000 laid off from big companies. Financial crisis topples Iceland's coalition government. As states close prisons, small towns worry how they'll replace cheap convict labor. Op: Obama's team should save its China criticism for issues that really deserve it.
