The Marriageable Men of Princeton
Invincible, a little bit drunk, and officially endorsed by a Princeton mom
It’s been a few weeks now since Susan Patton—the veteran human resources consultant who made sure to tell the world she went to Princeton, and also made sure to declare that her two sons did (both the older, married one who she feels “could have married anyone” and his single younger brother)—wrote her blunt letter to the college paper there. In it, she urged young female Princeton Tigers (Tigresses? READ MORE >>
In 2010, I spent the month of February checking my P.O. box in Montana for tickets to the Academy Awards show, a spectacle I knew only from television and which usually left me feeling, the morning after, both merrily derisive and left out—the way you may feel right now. I had reason to hope that it would be better in person. READ MORE >>
What Gun Owners Really Want
I’ve owned six guns. I’ve drawn them on bad guys. I want to be understood.
My father's Iver Johnson .410 shotgun, which he promised would be mine soon, leaned on its stock in a closet off the kitchen filled with other guns and camping gear. The shotgun was given to him by my granddad, who'd bought it at an Ohio sporting goods store in the early 1950s. It was a squirrel gun that took only one shell and had to be manually cocked to fire; my father said it would teach me to shoot safely. I was months away from turning 15 and felt that a gun was the proper acknowledgment of oncoming adulthood. READ MORE >>
Thanksgiving: The Most Guilt-Inducing Holiday
Buckeye Hate
In my new, more realistic understanding of American democracy, gained just this year from a thousand expert sources, the role of all but a portion of the electorate is to show up at their polling places tomorrow and dutifully cancel out one another’s votes so that Ohio can choose our president. READ MORE >>
Eddie Vedder’s Clint Eastwood Moment
Cohn & Kirn Debate the First Debate
In a new feature, Jonathan Cohn, TNR’s longtime policy wonk, and Walter Kirn, a novelist covering his first presidential campaign, debate the week’s big political stories via Google chat. This week, they discuss Obama's disdain for Romney; Romney's talent for closing deals; and what roles the candidates would play on Sesame Street. Jonathan: Hi, Walter. So tell me - how did the debate play out in real America - by which I mean, not Ann Arbor – or Washington? READ MORE >>
Cohn & Kirn Debate the “Real Romney”
In a new feature, Jonathan Cohn, TNR’s longtime policy wonk, and Walter Kirn, a novelist covering his first presidential campaign, debate the week’s big political stories via Google chat. This week, they discuss whether we’ve finally seen the “real Romney;” why the rich are no smarter than anyone else; and Bill Kristol’s political maneuvers. Jonathan Cohn why don't you start- i gather you have a counterintuitive take on the 47 percent fiasco READ MORE >>
