Wall-to-wall Politics
For mercenary painters like Nene, graffiti is both a way to make a living and a rite of democracy
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As we moved from T-shirts to down parkas and back to T-shirts again during this winter of climate change—one day semi-tropical; the next, polar and full of revenge—political speeches served …
Read MoreThe Bonfire Is Out
Illustration by Courtney Wotherspoon books by tom wolfe discussed in this essay: I Am Charlotte Simmons HarperCollins (2004) 676 pp., $37.95 Hooking Up Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2000) 293 pp., …
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All’s Well That Ends
As The Newsroom enters its final season (again), Ken Finkleman faces his last temptation: being nice
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Masked Avenger
Meet “John Holloway,” former clown, trucker, drug addict, high-paid crime fighter,
serious adrenalin junkie, and—for now—retired undercover agent
String Theory
As a classical violinist I have learned,
over many years, that great music performances are
more than a matter of physics and technique.
Le Nom De L’Anonyme
The sky opens it always does. From here to the lake the freshly born birds fall pink onto the streets from all the standing trees. I open my arms to …
Read MoreNanny Abuse
Many nannies suffer quietly in isolation, often cowed into silence by employers who threaten them with deportation
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Continentalism of a Different Stripe
Are Canadian provinces and the blue states in the U.S. quietly forging a radical new
North American Union ? This American says, “Yes.”
