Ladies First
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we solve the origins of “Mrs.,” and present a new nomenclature to fill the gender gap, once and for all.
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Video Digest: May 16, 2008
The government is watching you right now. Don’t believe it? Meave Gallagher has the video to prove every little keystroke and phone call is being recorded as we speak.
15 May 2008: Afternoon
The new White House tactic in shorthand: Vote for Obama, vote for acquiescing to Nazis. McCain: Bush is exactly right about that. Rauschenberg's has been a life well lived. As for his art, it stank in the 1950s and it doesn't look any better today. Op:
15 May 2008: Morning
Republicans fear joblessness in November, especially from conservative Democrats who could "take our issues." Op: Besides "hammering yet another symbolic nail into Clinton's already subterranean coffin," what Edwards's Obama endorsement really means. As the race for the Democratic nomination winds down, a
Food Network Kicks Its Programming Up a Notch
An adventurous new show proves you can’t boost your ratings without breaking a few eggs.
14 May 2008: Afternoon
Clinton scores big West Virginia win, Obama retains "nearly insurmountable advantage" in delegates. And where has Giuliani been, post-bump? Consulting in Ukrainian urban politics. Ehrenreich: Clinton smashed the myth of innate female moral superiority in the worst possible way. Dating FAQ from Grand Theft Auto; marital rating
14 May 2008: Morning
A booming economy, soaring literacy rates, and how false statistics belie the Burma military's inability to lead. "I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." Bush gave up the links in 2003. From 2006, "Golf Is a Highly Mental Game."
Meir Comes Clean
Sixty years after the founding of Israel, the pomp-and-circumstance of the anniversary—celebrated last week on the Jewish calendar and today on the secular one—prompts a different sort of recollection.
No Hiding Place
I’d hoped to mention Elvis Costello & the Impostors’ new album, Momofuku, for this month’s Leak Report, but at the time it seemed everyone in his cabal was keeping the album close; I couldn’t find a single leak. It was eventually released, a CD version made available
Razor Tongue
First gaining attention as the female vocalist on Tricky’s first four albums, Martina Topley-Bird has one of the most distinctive voices in trip-hop, an admittedly small group of artists. In a rare move in the music world, she cited creative differences with her collaborator and moved on