The Making of the Presidents
Political grist for a lifetime of grinding: McCarthy’s nomination speech in 1960, McCain’s desperation, Silverman’s “Schlep,” and Powell’s tightrope-walking endorsement.
Video Digest
A collection of 131 issues
Human Rights School, Gossip Girl Endorsement, Joe the VP
There’s nothing like “Gossip Girls, High School Musical,” and plumbers to get the mass riled at election time. Now: Is Joe the Plumber or Colin Powell’s endorsement more valuable?
Chromeo & Juliet
West Coast reality-shows don’t make the lives of East Coast Arab/Jewish musicians Chromeo any easier, especially when digital love threatens to split them.
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!
This They Might Be Giants video features their take on a campaign song so adored that its popularity has significantly outlasted the presidencies it helped put in office.
Anyone Else but You
The ultimate love song for the socially awkward gets a much hotter reinterpretation by France’s first lady and French Elle’s Sexiest Man of 2007.
Don’t Call It a Bailout
Rescue packages are exciting, bailouts are greedy, but foreclosures are more ambiguous. Those profiting from repossessions paint an unhappy picture—and the grass.
Punk Ghandi, Aragorn’s Pax Americana, Palin the White Witch
Something weird is happening as celebrities try to appear in ever stranger places, videos, trying to get noticed. And, er, Sarah Palin has her own Disney film.
Kucinich for the Win
Barack Obama is great and all, but Dennis Kucinich is the one who represents in the House, consistently demanding answers from the Federal government.
The Holocaust Section
My Bloody Valentine’s first U.S. shows in 16 years exceed sound records and audience expectations.
A School Daze Refresher
Investment banks are failing in an election year, Darth Vader is teaching geometry, and soon we’ll all be wearing trash: time to go back to school.