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Will & Kate Wedding Portrait Made Of Garbage

The Observer | Tom Lamont | Posted 06.18.2011

Of all the cultural figures we approached to pay tribute to the royal wedding, Bob and Roberta Smith chose arguably the most abstract approach. The ea...

Dubai, Sex, and Rampant Generalizations

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Hisham Wyne

Dubai's pact with its residents is that the powers-that-be remain laissez faire in private matters as long as these don't spill over into the public domain.

The Heisenberg Effect of Televising Political Negotiations

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Because I wanted as wide an audience as possible, I wrote this article the way I did. Because I know in advance that I'm "being observed," I changed my presentation. The same is true in politics.

Celebrating The Storytellers: 5 Articles About New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Julia Moulden

Michelle and Tal offered me their cottage for a week this summer. Prime time on a northern lake. How could I say no? One morning I slipped down to th...

Karl Rove's Newsweek Contract Details Confirmed

Huffington Post/New York Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

Karl Rove will be a member of the Newsweek family through 2009, the New York Observer's John Koblin has confirmed. Rove joined the Newsweek staff in ...