Books and Arts
November 16, 2012
From Jukeboxes to YouTube: How Billboard Is Catching Up With The Times
The Billboard Top 100 is shaking up its chart to include online streaming. What does this mean for music?
November 15, 2012
Philip Roth's Empty Threat: "Burn My Papers"
As a student of literature, Roth ought to know better. If he really wants his papers destroyed, he needs to do it himself.
November 13, 2012
Spielberg’s Lincoln is a Film for our Political Moment
This is a movie of negotiations in smoke-filled rooms; it could have been called "The Thirteenth Amendment."
November 12, 2012
Was The New York Times' Ethicist Unethical?
Should the Times Magazine have confirmed that the husband of General Petraeus' lover did NOT write an anonymous letter?
November 12, 2012
“Soon We Are Going to Have to Start Worrying about Texas and Arizona”: A Conversation with Norm Coleman
After the GOP was trounced by Latino voters on Election Day—a nightmare scenario that sophisticated observers had seen coming for a long time—I called former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman, the Chairman of the Board of the center-right American Action Network and its related organization, the Hispanic Leadership Network.
November 09, 2012
Worthwhile Canadian Coolness
Canada, long considered the U.S.'s boring, denim-wearing neighbor, has become America's leading purveyor of cool.
November 08, 2012
Life is Too Short for Cloud Atlas’s Self-Indulgence
The Wachowskis should go back to making mean-spirited movies.
November 05, 2012
How Star Wars Nearly Destroyed George Lucas
George Lucas's biggest fear was losing control of Star Wars. So why did he give it up?
November 02, 2012
The Weather Channel in the Age of the Everyman Weatherman
In the age of Instagram, how is The Weather Channel changing its game?
November 01, 2012
The Most Famous Tongue in America
Anthony Bourdain has the most famous tongue in America: for the tasting, talking, and lashing it does.
