Commentary - America's Future

By David Polansky • Mar 13,2009

I thought they already remade The Hills Have Eyes

So, in case you hadn’t heard, horrible jamband Phish recently played a series of reunion shows down in Hampton, VA. Shockingly, the venue became a target of heightened law enforcement...

By Eve Tushnet • Mar 13,2009

Better

The Leader (Alex) We’re in a new hidey-hole, and as usual we’ve lost half a dozen things we really need: toothpaste, butter, even coffee. And now half asleep, feeling like...

By David Polansky • Mar 13,2009

David Foster Wallace

I read this harrowing New Yorker piece on the life and death of writer David Foster Wallace with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. The article has...

By Sonny Bunch • Mar 13,2009

Congrats to Ross

Ross Douthat, as we all know by now, has been chosen to take up residence on the op-ed pages of the New York Times. This is excellent news: Ross is...

By Damir Marusic • Mar 12,2009

The Weakness of Genre

“??? ???????” asked Lenin in 1901. Ever since then, learned men have felt compelled to end all descriptive essays with an attempt to outline a way forward. Sometimes, these men...

By David Polansky • Mar 12,2009

Two for the price of one

People never ask me why I’m an Anglophile, but if they did, I’d probably point them to this: I’m also a fan of the Magna Carta and the metaphysical poets.