Commentary - America's Future

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 04,2008

"The Lying, the Bitch, and the Wardrobe"

I’m sure I’ve said this before, but if you’re looking for a reason to subscribe to the New Yorker, look no further than Anthony Lane. The smartest, wittiest critic out...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 04,2008

Brilliance

I’ve long been a Clinton apologist on this site and at the Standard‘s blog (sue me, I love seeing discord on the left), but this post by Chris Orr about...

By Eve Tushnet • Jun 04,2008

Fiction: Retroactive Continuity

The only clean sweater was at the bottom of her suitcase, of course. Sarah stood in her jeans and bra, throwing clothes onto the bed. Outside, the rain picked up,...

By James Poulos • Jun 03,2008

It´s Obama

Now what? Andrew revels in the minor epistemological crisis: When Obama passes the magic number, what to post? Readers are hereby invited to submit quotes, YouTubes, poems, songs, photographs and...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 03,2008

OK, some real science

From a real scientist! Freeman Dyson took to the pages of the New York Review of Books to castigate global warming fanatics on their more evangelical tendencies. He was reviewing...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 03,2008

Pfft

If there’s no such thing as the singularity, just kill me now. Ray Kurzweil promised me ever-lasting life (as did Our Lady Peace!)*…If I find out he lied to me...