Kim Deitch Spins His Yarns
Kim Deitch, a mainstay of the underground comix movement, gives a full display of his ebullient creativity in his new book, “Reincarnation Stories.” Deitch has produced delightfully idiosyncratic comics for well over half a century, but in this project he endeavors to explain the mechanisms through which he gets his ideas. (Hint: a robot is…
Genia giving Rebels hope in Crusaders clash
Star halfback Will Genia says the Super Rugby ladder-leading Crusaders are beatable and is backing the Rebels to rise to the challenge at AAMI Park on Friday night. In free-fall from first to seventh after four successive losses, the Rebels have been given little chance of toppling the defending champions. But Genia says the Rebels…
Reds all business ahead of Tokyo trip
It’ll be all business for Queensland in Tokyo this week after Reds prop JP Smith admitted his side were caught in the moment last year. The winless Reds have assumed rare underdog status against the Sunwolves, who have turned heads this Super Rugby season. Thrashed 63-28 on their last visit, Smith has promised no repeat…
Courageous Reds fall just short against Highlanders
An emotional Reds outfit have fallen just short of an upset against the Highlanders, going down 36-31 in Dunedin after conceding a lead late in the match. In a courageous tribute to his family, Wallabies lock Izack Rodda took the field just two days after the death of his father. The loss was a bitter…
McKellar backs rookie backrower Brown in Pocock's absence
Coach Dan McKellar’s loss of superstar David Pocock has been partially offset at the Brumbies by the uncovering of hidden gem Jahrome Brown during this Super Rugby season. McKellar has backed his band of unheralded back-rowers to lead the Brumbies to the finals as they continue to deliver in the absence of Pocock, who retired…
Waratahs embracing home ground roadshow: Foley
The year of the home ground nomad starts on Saturday for the Waratahs and flyhalf Bernard Foley says there’s plenty of upside to be found in their rotating schedule. NSW will play against the Hurricanes at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night and are set to take their home games to Newcastle, Parramatta and the SCG…
Trump’s Awful Middle East Policies Are Coming Back to Haunt Him
In the past two and a half years, we have got used to a level of foreign-policy incoherence from the Trump Administration. Donald Trump’s statements about North Korea, NATO, and other subjects have often contradicted what other officials have said, and sometimes contradicted what Trump has said himself. But, even by Trump’s standards, the past…
Elizabeth Warren’s Crusade Against Corruption
The setting for Elizabeth Warren’s speech on Monday night was meant to be symbolic, down to the last detail. A riser was constructed beneath the lit-up seventy-three-and-a-half-foot arch in Washington Square Park, in Manhattan, with a giant American flag draped in the background. A lectern placed on top was made from reclaimed wood from the…
Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns
I’m skilled at eluding the fetal crouch of despair—because I’ve been working on climate change for thirty years, I’ve learned to parcel out my angst, to keep my distress under control. But, in the past few months, I’ve more often found myself awake at night with true fear-for-your-kids anguish. This spring, we set another high…
Sunday Reading: The World of Malcolm Gladwell
In a recent interview, the writer Malcolm Gladwell said that one of his goals as an author is “to get people to take human psychology seriously and to respect the complexity of human behavior and motivations.” Gladwell, who has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than two decades, could offer a…