New York City
The Fire Last Time
Americans tend to be fascinated by what’s new and to be indifferent to the past, except when they can use “tradition” to reinforce current prejudices and power arrangements. This has had an unfortunate effect on how we govern ourselves. We forget important lessons, and repeat old mistakes. READ MORE >>
The New York Times’ profile of celebrated and embattled New York City Transportation Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, shows how getting things done in a democracy can be bad for your political future. READ MORE >>
Roger Ailes And The Kerik Cover-Up
Every time my estimation of Roger Ailes' ethics seems to have hit bottom, he crashes through the floor: READ MORE >>
Swan Fake
TNR Film Classics: 'Citizen Kane' (February 24, 1941)
Robust and Wide-Open
Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion By Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 674 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
Free Association
The Day In Class Warfare
Our long national nightmare is over: JPMorgan Chase kicked off the earnings season on Friday with news that it turned a strong $17.4 billion profit in 2010, up 48 percent from $11.7 billion the year before, as the consumer lending environment improved and commercial banking notched record results. READ MORE >>
Sn-OMG
Despite the Onion’s recent all too true headline (Snowy Conditions Proving Hazardous for Nation's Idiots) and the antics of some members of New York City’s Sanitation Department, municipal snow removal isn’t always a disaster, even in extreme events. Even in Atlanta. READ MORE >>
