Showing results for: memory (page 278)
War as a “bad acid trip”
Andrew O'Hehir
Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman talks about his extraordinary animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir," a trip down the nightmarish rabbit hole of memory.
“Marley & Me”
Stephanie Zacharek
Aniston and Wilson get a rascally dog. But what could have been a pooch of a tear-jerker is actually a moving look at marriage and loss.
Is the Web helping us evolve?
David Brin
The truth lies somewhere between "Google is making us stupid" and "the Internet will liberate humanity."
Blago defiant in presser
Thomas Schaller
The embattled Illinois governor comes out with guns blazing.
From Detroit to Taiwan, everyone wants a bailout
Andrew Leonard
But there's a difference between government handouts in East Asia and the U.S. In Asia, they have a clue
“The Wind in the Willows” at 100
Gary Kamiya
Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger kept me up late reading as a kid. Now I love Kenneth Grahame's classic even more.
Shop and awe
Joy Press
Christmas shopping during an economic free-fall is making me anxious: Everything is on sale, but at what cost?
What do the Clintons have on Obama?
Camille Paglia
What experience does Hillary have to run State? Plus: Avoiding the Muslim issue on Mumbai, and anti-Proposition 8 activists threaten to set back gay rights.
Books we love
Compiled by Abby Margulies
Some of our favorite authors weigh in on the best reads of 2008.
A spy in the house of Narnia
Rebecca Traister
Salon's Laura Miller on how the imaginative world of C.S. Lewis inspired her love of reading, as well as her career as a critic.
Talk to the animals
Laura Miller
This excerpt from "The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia" explores the magical connection between children and beasts.
A fascist childhood (with naked chicks)
Andrew O'Hehir
Fellini's 1973 "Amarcord" blends memory and fantasy into a grandiose, bittersweet entertainment. Sexist and sentimental? Well, duh. It's also wonderful.
Raiders-Chargers: Must-miss TV
King Kaufman
The NFL Network's live package pops out another pooch of a game, so again you don't have to worry about not getting it.
Marxist-Leninist Mao Zedong Ultraman to the rescue!
Andrew Leonard
Who will dominate the ideological information technology battle of the future. The U.S.? China? Or is the game already over?
Luxury gifts for the gadget guru
Andrew O'Hehir
If you don't mind paying big, think small. Small laptops, camcorders and printers, that is.
Beyond the valley of the doilies
Joy Press
The billion-dollar scrapbooking industry may be cheesy, but as author Jessica Helfand explains, there's rich history in that glitter and glue.
How national healthcare could have saved Detroit
Andrew Leonard
The Big Three blame legacy retiree benefits for crippling their business. But it's their own darn fault.
Princess Leia’s wild, bipolar adventures
Rebecca Traister
Help her, Obi-Wan! Carrie Fisher's memoir of her life as a "Star Wars" icon and poster child for rehab and mental illness will likely make you laugh -- and cry.
FDR’s bold brain trust versus Obama’s timid wonks
Steve Fraser
Roosevelt came into office with a brain trust ready to enact change. Are Obama's brainiacs up to that task -- or are they too beholden to the Clintonian, neoliberal past?
Bargain gifts for kids
Katharine Mieszkowski
Simple pleasures that are inexpensive but endlessly entertaining.
Bargain gifts for the culture vulture
Andrew O'Hehir
Because it's boring to just buy "Kung Fu Panda" or "Incredible Hulk."
Joe Klein’s extreme revisionism
Glenn Greenwald
The journalist who, in 2003, gushed that Mission Accomplished was "the coolest presidential image since Bill Pullman played the jet fighter pilot in the movie 'Independence Day'" tries to re-write his past.
Why churches fear gay marriage
Jeanne Carstensen
The crusade for Proposition 8 was fueled by the broken American family, explains gay Catholic author Richard Rodriguez.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The super friends of "Heroes" scramble to save the world -- and their show -- from annihilation, while "The Shield" prepares for a heart-stopping finale!
Page: 278