At the tender age of 15, Lil Wayne was already becoming something of a trump card in Cash Money’s hand, and Wayne’s Hot Boys group produced some of the more popular singles from the label (cf. “We on Fire” and “Project Chick”). Ten years later, Lil Wayne has
Hailing from Seattle and signed to the cred-dispensing Sub Pop label, Fleet Foxes not only has a really cute name that’s fun to say, they have current and former members of such noteworthy indie groups as Crystal Skulls and Pedro the Lion. What’s better, they hate hippies.
Deadliest attack in Baghdad in more than three months kills 51 in market blast. Israel and Hamas agree on truce to begin Thursday. Three years and three Israeli au pairs later, with an average stay of 3.3 months, my wife and I licked our collective wounds. Op: McCain'
Ever since she left “Little House on the Prairie” behind and was forced, when she grew too old for books with pictures, to conjure up storybook settings, our writer has been placing the fiction she reads in the homes she knows.
The Republicans counter that calling the senator "McBush" is political spin and that Mr. McCain is his own man. Op: Lose the Nicorette. Light up instead. How Obama can appeal to blue-collar voters. How to nap; how to become a morning person. Why we can't
The tragicomic demise of the Ron Paul-less Libertarian Party. Profile of Obama's managerial skills. Gallery of "photobombers"--guys who ruin otherwise awesome pictures of you and your friends. How we are when we read online: "selfish, lazy, and ruthless." "Sleep texting"
McCain makes moves on Hillary supporters; polls cite Republican policy ills, show many women are siding with Obama. Hillary supporters who won't vote for Obama exist--but what do we call them? Op: With the W.H.O.'s statement that AIDS is confined to high-risk
Tim Russert, in case you missed the news, has died. As he was a TV journalist, it behooves the U.S. news engine to dwell on and parse every aspect of his life and death. He was one of some magazine’s 100 most important people—which, considering how many
Many of you will no doubt recall that during the ‘60s, Oregon was a much-extolled destination for people seeking what was then (and perhaps now) considered a decent life. So much so that Oregonians wrestled with various methods of discouraging immigration—which if unchecked may have turned its idyll
John Kessel (Good News From Outer Space, Corrupting Dr. Nice) is well regarded and noted in the speculative fiction world, extolled for humor and a crafty imagination. This anthology of 15 fiction shorts includes his much-lauded Lunar Quartet. You probably don’t know of him, which a fine reason
