High Lonesome
Matthew Porter’s photos are arresting for their feelings of stillness—at a car chase’s peak moment, or while the Hindenburg floats over the American West—as well as the crisp colors and punctilious construction.
Archive
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15 December 2008: Afternoon
Thousands in Iraq rally for release of "shoe-bomber"; Saddam's lawyer, along with 200 more, will defend him for free. Of course: The inevitable online video game. Retrospective of video game design since 1990. Instapaper for the commute: Zadie Smith on her father's comedy
The Man Who Owns the News
Vanity Fair columnist and news aggregator Newser founder Michael Wolff has shined a light on today’s messy media jungle by focusing on one of the increasingly powerful media empire owners, Rupert Murdoch.
12 December 2008: Weekend
Cholera crisis growing, despite what Mugabe says; ANC says he can still be talked out of power. Facts and analysis for envisioning future relations with Syria. Amid pirates, warlords, and cholera, it's easy to overlook the big Africa story right now: Ghana's elections (why they matter)
12 December 2008: Morning
"Thank God it was the Danes who colonized us, not the British or Americans or Dutch or Germans." Greenlanders vote to quit ties with Denmark. Don't worry about the end of the cosmos: It has bounce-back-ability, may not have even started with one big
Rhymes With Riches
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. When a reader runs into a dilemma involving bitches, we take the high road, at least for a few paragraphs.
11 December 2008: Afternoon
Obama advisor and CIA veteran says South Asia is where we're most likely see a nuclear war. Do you want to die because President Obama is dying for a smoke? TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin on "le smoking." Stuff your own stocking: The 2008 TMN Annual,
Of Recent Note: 2008
Here it is, the final Of Recent Note of 2008: What's the best thing you discovered this year? It could be the Fleet Foxes album, it could be tweed moccasins, it could be "change." It could be something that makes you think about what 2008 has
11 December 2008: Morning
Don't expect a popular revolution in Greece; expect people to continue working hard in tough times. There are seven lessons about the international system that Mr. Obama could learn from cricket. Sports analogies illustrate Obama's choices. Today's long read: Obama is going to take
Christmas Carols, Revised for the Recession
Not only reckless, “dashing through the snow” appears wasteful, certainly not a prudent act in uncertain times.