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Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 21, 2017
The Chicago education of George Saunders

The celebrated short-story writer and recent debut novelist discusses his formative years in and around the city of his birth.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Feature, George Saunders, interview, Lincoln in the Bardo, Oak Forest High School, New Yorker, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hemingway, Stuart Dybek, Gage Park, Oak Forest, Chicago Christmas, 1984, Tolstoy, Dorothy Day, Bo Jackson, New York Times Magazine, Tenth of December, fiction, nonfiction, Donald Trump, Esquire, Superman Comes to the Supermarket, Norman Mailer, Hans Vollman, Clinton, Aaron Copland, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, air force, Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes, writing

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Sep 1, 2016
What can clients do to fight laws that harm sex workers?

Speak up already! Plus: a gay cross-dresser who really shouldn’t adopt.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, sex work, sex workers, Nordic Model, Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine, Should Prostitution Be a Crime?, Maggie McNeill, The Honest Courtesan, Human Rights Watch, World Health Organization, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Societies of Virtue, Covent Garden, East End, cross-dressing, female clothing

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2016
Looking for a ‘national conversation’ on race? Look around.

The conversation is happening in the streets and all around us.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, $$$, National conversation, Donald Trump, Aleksandar Hemon, Jonathan Baskin, The Point, Wesley Morris, New York Times Magazine

Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2015
Is it unethical to pry? The Times's Ethicists say 'butt out'

Questioning the Times's Ethicists on the case of a lost ring.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, New York Times Magazine, The Ethicists, Amy Bloom, Kenji Yoshino, Kwame Anthony Appiah, ethics, nosiness

Film, Movie Review Apr 16, 2015
Recommended
James Franco and Jonah Hill exploit each other in True Story

In this adaptation of Michael Finkel's confessional memoir, a murder suspect plays mind games with a reporter.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Rupert Goold, True Story, Jonah Hill, James Franco, journalism, New York Times Magazine, Christian Longo, Michael Finkel, Shattered Glass, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Apr 21, 2014
In Rotation: My Gold Mask's Gretta Rochelle on Omar Souleyman's 'psycho percussive festivity'

Plus: Oshwa's Alicia Walter on the living giants in Son Lux, the Reader's Leor Galil on "The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie," and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Doleful Lions, Song Cyclops Volume One, Bill Tucker, 1980 Records, Jonathan Scott, Eat The Life, Modern Warfare T-shirt, Modern Warfare, John Jeremiah Sullivan, The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie, New York Times Magazine, Alicia Walter, Oshwa, Son Lux, Schubas, Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang, Birthmark, "Big Man", Nate Kinsella, Son Step, Here Comes Dreamboat, Gretta Rochelle, My Gold Mask, Mogwai, Les Revenants, Omar Souleyman, Wenu Wenu, Kieran Hebden, Four Tet, Luna jingle

Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2014
Another of my forlorn attempts to protect the language from journalists

Snub is a word that's being abused.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Snub, misused words, Oscar nominees, Canadian Olympics hockey team, Sean Leahy, self-help, Jessican Lamb-Shapiro, New York Times Magazine

Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2014
Is egress destiny?

On opening doors at the Irving Park Brown Line stop
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Science, Transportation, News, CTA, Walter Mischel, marshmallow test, New York Times Magazine, Michael Bourne, doors

Columns & Opinion, On Media Nov 19, 2013
The undoing of a president's mystique

What would have happened to JFK if he'd been scrutinized by the media in the same way as Obama?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Obamacare, ACA, Affordable Care Act, healthcare, U.S. presidency, Jill Abramson, The New York Times, Bill Clinton, Jonathan Alter, books, Democratic Party, elections, public opinion, Republican Party, Theodore White, history, William Manchester, Richard Tregaskis, Bob Woodward, George W. Bush, Amazon, Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine, book reviews, Valerie Jarrett, Jimmy Carter, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Michiko Kakutani, Associated Press, Joe Biden, mystique

Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2013
Video
Kanye West and the perils of cool-dad syndrome

Examining the rapper-producer as he prepares for fatherhood
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Narcissism, Hip-Hop, Music, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Washington Post, Jay-Z, Glory, Blue Ivy Carter, Grantland, Alex Pappademas, Chief Keef, G.O.O.D. Music, Lex Luger, I Don't Like, H.A.M., New York Times Magazine, L.E.P. Bogus Boys, King Louie, King L, Young Chop, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2012
Video
Weekend reading: global animal warfare

John Jeremiah Sullivan and Jon Mooallem on a gathering threat
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Science, Do This, Media, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Jon Mooallem, New York Times Magazine, animals, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2012
New York Times: A newspaper for the one-percenters

In the New York Times, stories about the rich lead nicely to ads for the rich
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: $$$, Media, News, Dwyane Wade, watches, New York Times Magazine, Miami Heat, Hublot Big Bang King Power, Madison Avenue, Domains, One-Percenters, Ryan Sheckler, skateboarding, reality TV, Life of Ryan, Harley-Davidson, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Cary Grant, Michael Jordan, Usain Bolt, Sunday Styles, Chanel, Sunday Business, poverty, child poverty, census bureau, Peter Edelman, Georgetown University, So Rich So Poor, Robert F. Kennedy, Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, Great Depression, innovations, carbon fiber, movie projectors, coffee, Jura, Roger Federer

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2012
Death, despair, destruction: a few long reads

The Internet is for aggregation! The least you can do is read some good shit
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Do This, Media, News, New York Times Magazine, Wes Enzinna, Treece, Kansas, Oxford American, Bronwen Dickey, Lake Jocassee, Columbia University Human Rights Review, Carlos DeLuna, Carlos Hernandez, Andrew Cohen, the Atlantic, Antonin Scalia, capital punishment, Chicago Tribune, Steve Mills, Maurice Possley, Toxic Tour of Northwest Indiana, Lloyd DeGrane, Kari Lydersen

Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2012
The Twitter debate

To tweet or not to tweet?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Media, News, Jonathan Franzen, Twitter, Tulane, New Orleans, New Yorker, #JonathanFranzenHates, Sasha Frere-Jones, New York Times Magazine, Emily Gould, US Airways Flight 1549, Hudson River, Scooby Snacks, Shakespeare

Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2012
Born this gay

Cynthia Nixon says she chose to be gay
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: LGBT, Media, Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City, The Stranger, Lindy West, gays, New York Times Magazine, Alex Witchel, John Aravosis, J. Bryan Lowder, Slate, Christine Marinoni, Miranda

Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2011
Obama's reelection chances

To win a second term, Obama needs the economy to be improving, especially if he has to face Mitt Romney, says statistician Nate Silver.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, President Obama, Nate Silver, New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, political statistics, electoral college, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, New York Times Magazine, 2008 presidential election, 2008 senate election, Republicans, Democrats, incumbent presidents, economy, jobs reports, voter memories, approval ratings, congressional Republicans, Occupy Wall Street

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2008
Star light--or better yet, star bright

Smart takes on Jim Carrey, Clint Eastwood, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Atlantic, New York Times, Clint Eastwood, New York Times Magazine, Manohla Dargis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Parker, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey Atlantic, Clint Eastwood New York Times, Gran Torino, Gran Torino New York Times, Yes Man Atlantic, Yes Man, Lynn Hirschberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman New York Times, Doubt, Doubt New York Times, Synecdoche New York

Blogs, Bleader Jan 29, 2007
Food for thought

Michael Pollan on food and nutrition in the NY Times Mag.
- By Mike Lenehan
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Michael Pollan, New York Times Magazine, nutrition

Arts & Culture, Travel Jun 17, 1999
Down Town

The thriving if sinful city of Cairo seemed destined for greatness. What went wrong?
- By Paul Turner
- Tags: Travel, Cairo, Illinois, Alexander County, Illinois, pronunciation of Illinois placenames, Mark Twain, Lloyd Bosecker, Robert Hunt, Charles Koen, Hattie Kendrick, race, riots, United Front, boycotts, Julian Bond, American Nazi Party, protests, Illinois Central Railroad, history, Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, Fort Defiance, strategic importance of Cairo, Illinois, pronunciation of Cairo, migration, immigration, Safford Library, sculpture, Janet Scudder, George Grey Barnard, vigilantism, William "Froggy" James, lynching, hangings, martial law, crime, slot machines, violence, Jake Rubin, Urbandale, Illinois, Rocky Rothschild, gangsters, Bobby McAdoo, race riots, riverboat gambling, Metropolis, Illinois, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Cairo, Illinois in literature, Anthony Trollope, Saul Bellow, Jonathan Raban, Andrew H. Malcolm, Charles Dickens, New York Times Magazine, Hamburger Wagon, Carl Boyce, Cairo, Illinois businesses, Elmer Smith, Elmer Smith, Tamms Correctional Center, supermax prisons, Herbie "Duke" Washam, bars

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The celebrated short-story writer and recent debut novelist discusses his formative years in and around the city of his birth.

Speak up already! Plus: a gay cross-dresser who really shouldn’t adopt.

The conversation is happening in the streets and all around us.

Questioning the Times's Ethicists on the case of a lost ring.

In this adaptation of Michael Finkel's confessional memoir, a murder suspect plays mind games with a reporter.

Plus: Oshwa's Alicia Walter on the living giants in Son Lux, the Reader's Leor Galil on "The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie," and more

Snub is a word that's being abused.

On opening doors at the Irving Park Brown Line stop

What would have happened to JFK if he'd been scrutinized by the media in the same way as Obama?

Examining the rapper-producer as he prepares for fatherhood

John Jeremiah Sullivan and Jon Mooallem on a gathering threat

In the New York Times, stories about the rich lead nicely to ads for the rich

The Internet is for aggregation! The least you can do is read some good shit

To tweet or not to tweet?

Cynthia Nixon says she chose to be gay

To win a second term, Obama needs the economy to be improving, especially if he has to face Mitt Romney, says statistician Nate Silver.

Smart takes on Jim Carrey, Clint Eastwood, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Michael Pollan on food and nutrition in the NY Times Mag.

The thriving if sinful city of Cairo seemed destined for greatness. What went wrong?

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