May 23, 2013
What Barack Obama Can Learn From His High School Self
The teenager president's love note reveal a master of manipulation.
Apple's Tax Hypocrisy
Tech says there's a shortage in homegrown talent—but the sort of tax avoidance practiced by Apple only makes it worse.
David Brooks' Favorite New Theory of Language Is Wrong
Figuring out a culture's worldview from its word choices isn't as easy as it seems.
Truths Universally Acknowledged
What the Kindle’s most-highlighted passages tell us about the soul of the American reader.
Julius Genachowski: The Exit Interview
In a lengthy conversation, the outgoing FCC boss sounds off on net neutrality, political polarization, and free speech
Jacques Callot: The Artist who Brought Printmaking to its Heights
“Princes & Paupers: The Art of Jacques Callot,” mounted at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, is a brave attempt to raise the profile of a sublime seventeenth-century printmaker.
May 22, 2013
What Did Republicans Know, And When Did They Know It?
The real reason conservatives should be outraged: Their party didn't politicize it sooner.
Jamie Dimon Blackmailed His Own Bank—and Won
By threatening to resign as CEO, the JPMorgan honcho gave shareholders no choice but to keep him as chairman as well.
May 21, 2013
Michael Kinsley vs. the Anti-Austerians
Anti-austerians are probably wrong about the debt, and certainly wrong about me
Why Tornadoes Continue to Kill
They're hard to predict, and more of us live in their path than ever.
Offsets Are Not the Answer to Disaster Funding
A tornado puts Oklahoma's Republican senators to the test.
The Pathetic Dispute Over Islam and Homophobia
A religiously-tinged argument for tolerance, like many others before it, eventually makes a case against the faith it is ostensibly promoting.
Weaseling Out of Obamacare
Have nursing homes, fast-food restaurants, and other low-wage employers found a way to avoid paying for full insurance?
May 20, 2013
How Republicans Can Raise Millions in Silicon Valley
Chris Christie's template for milking the tech sector.
