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Slideshow: Photos from the War Lovers

Photos of Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Randolph Hearst, and more from Evan Thomas' book.
Photos from Evan Thomas' book The War Lovers.
By EVAN THOMAS | May 14, 2010

Meet Evan Thomas

The parallel careers of Newsweek's premier wordsmith
Narrative is the throughline in the professional life of Evan Thomas.
By PETER KADZIS | May 13, 2010

Hallelujah!

Health-care reform is a new high-water mark
The Democrats won and the Republicans lost. That, in a nutshell, is the bottom line.
By EDITORIAL | March 24, 2010

How to Celebrate Presidents' Day 2010

Big Fat Whale
Pin the mustache on Teddy Roosevelt, and more
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | February 10, 2010

Photos: The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Images from Ken Burns's latest documentary
Scenes from The National Parks: America's Best Idea , a six-part, 12-hour film by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, George Masa.
By PHOENIX STAFF | September 24, 2009

Odd couples

The Lyric's Grey Gardens; Trinity's Shapeshifter
The East Hampton Board of Health would doubtless approve Grey Gardens: The Musical , since it comes minus the crapping cats, feral raccoons, and piles of garbage that form the supporting cast and unsanitary milieu of the famed documentary on which it's based.
By CAROLYN CLAY | May 12, 2009

Lost tribes found

'GBH puts a human face on history
Nobody likes a guilt trip. That's why filmmaker Ric Burns's 1995 Manifest Destiny documentary The Way West was such a drag.
By CLIF GARBODEN | April 07, 2009

Nature's way

The atmospheric Jazz and Tap Odyssey
Evoking the great outdoors with live jazz, live hoofing, and spoken text.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 18, 2009

Bringing the party to the people

A history of our Inaugural West Swingers and White House Hoedowns
Are there any jobs on Earth more virile-sounding than commander in chief?
By KARA BASKIN | January 19, 2009

Quiz-bowl kids

Harvard rebuilds its team and answers some hard questions
Andrew Watkins is having faulty-buzzer issues.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | January 08, 2009

The Impeachinator

Watchdog Fein
From Caligula to Bush...er Obama: Bruce Fein watches them all.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | November 24, 2008

Hope restored

Barack Obama's election has sparked international wonder. His task, however, is great.
Barack Obama's election has sparked international wonder. His task, however, is great.
By EDITORIAL | November 06, 2008

Carter’s cajones

Jimmy makes Dubya look like a wimp
The Republican Party is rife with classic wimps and bullies.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 27, 2008

Green around the gills

Politics and other mistakes
Spotting environmentalists used to be easy.
By AL DIAMON | October 02, 2008

Almost Famous: Joe Bernstein

Retired former senior special agent for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service
I’ve been all over the country, and I have to say, the quality of the State Police department here — they’re the best.
By FRANK MULLIN | September 10, 2008

By George, it's Barack!

To win over the working class, Obama should study the acceptance speech of George H. W. Bush
Right now, everyone is focused on Barack Obama’s vice-presidential choice. But historically, convention acceptance speeches matter even more.
By STEVEN STARK | August 20, 2008

Parody flunks out

Political humor is no longer welcome in Academia as administrators choke the life out of parody
Artist Barry Blitt’s brilliant illustration — which sought to satirize the naysayers who portray Obama as a flag-burning, unpatriotic Muslim and his wife as a black-power radical — cut to the core of today’s political paradox.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | July 30, 2008

Light show

Jagger and Scorsese start it up in Berlin
The biggest stars of this year’s Berlin Film Festival were neither actors nor directors.
By MATTIAS FREY | April 02, 2008

Race gets in the race

Obama’s fast-track to success could be alienating working-class white voters, reminding them of their nemesis: affirmative action
For much of this election cycle, the assumption has been that foreign policy, specifically Iraq, would be the dominant issue on the campaign trail.
By STEVEN STARK | March 19, 2008

For real change, the chattering classes need to take a fall

Phillipe and Jorge
The key word of the moment in America is “change.”
By PHILLIPE + JORGE | January 09, 2008

Brokeback men's room

A curiously Republican story
Once upon a time there was a barbershop quartet known as the Singing Senators.
By EDITORIAL | September 05, 2007

Shack attack

Feed your fried-food need at Crab Louie
So I like Crab Louie, but I encourage you to sue them anyway.
By BRIAN DUFF | July 03, 2007

Tinseltown East

Boston was once a breeding ground for movie big-wigs. Now, Emerson College tries to preserve its ghosts.
Looking at the photographs now, it’s hard to believe it ever existed.
By MIKE MILIARD | May 30, 2007

Why the Imus cave-in is bad for free speech, radio, and the whole society

Freedom watch
I was never a fan of Don Imus.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | April 19, 2007

Night at the Museum

Matinee worthy, but not a dime more
“This is not worth $11.50 an hour,” blurts exasperated dreamer Larry Daley when his night-watchman job at New York’s Museum of Natural History takes on a life of its own. Watch the trailer for Night at the Museum (QuickTime)
By BRETT MICHEL | December 28, 2006

Higgins at large

This article originally appeared in the February 17, 1976 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By GEORGE V. HIGGINS | November 14, 2006

Sweet information!

John Hodgman holds forth on eels, mole men, and Macs
John Hodgman is a very intelligent man. He is also a very strange man. John Hodgman on the 51 States John Hodgman on the paperback release of Areas of My Expertise (YouTube)
By MIKE MILIARD | September 21, 2006

Casa D. slate storms the primary

Chafee, Roberts, and de Ramel get the nod
While P&J do not see eye to eye with most of Bob “Cool Moose” Healey’s libertarian leanings, he is a truly thoughtful contributor to the body politic.
By PHILLIPE & JORGE | September 06, 2006

An icon’s icon

Death becomes all superstars
He was Andrew Warhola on his birth certificate.
By PETER KADZIS | April 25, 2006

Interview: Newsweek's Evan Thomas

Thomas discusses his new book, The War Lovers
"If you’re too slow and you lose the reader, it doesn’t matter what length the book is. You’ve got to engage the reader early and keep going. Campaigns are wonderfully suited to this because they’re thrilling quest stories."
By PETER KADZIS | May 13, 2010