Newt Gingrich in space—where no one can hear you scream. More here.
Photoillustration by Hamish Robertson.
V.F. spotlit a young editor of the Harvard Law Review in 1990. Prescience!
Barack Obama, age 28, in his first Vanity Fair appearance; photograph by John Goodman.
Illustration by Andre Carrilho.
“Never mind that Santorum … scowls as if he’s running for Militant Pope, not president; the point is that he’s steadfast, a family-values fence post with no hint of nookie on the side, and a road warrior who has put in the mileage in Iowa, unlike some of his opponents, who do their campaigning from the set of Fox News. However, he’s absolutely no fun whatsoever, and Republicans have developed such an appetite for absurdism that they may not be happy with anything less than the windswept return of Donald Trump.”
Our annual (and this year, downloadable) Republican pin-up calendar, to file under “Things You Can’t Unsee.”
Photoillustration by Hamish Robertson. Photo of Huntsman, Gage Skidmore.
“A banking system is supposed to serve society, not the other way around.”
Economist Joseph Stiglitz, discussing a Great Depression reprisal.
Blackwater Has Third Identity Crisis in Two Years.
Security contractor Blackwater has not actually been named Blackwater for some time: in 2009, the company changed its name to Xe (pronounced “Oh, you mean Blackwater?”) in an effort to rehabilitate its atrocious public image. However, The Wall Street Journal reports, starting now Xe would preferred to be called “Academi.” Xe—sorry, Academi—would also like to attend an existentialism summer course at Brown, has no idea how the pack of American Spirits got in mom’s car, and is unable to participate in Thanksgiving dinner due to “the situation inMyanmarBurma.”
Oh, Juli. We love you so. For more.
A Very Capitol Christmas, by John Boehner.
(Or, whichever intern in his office does social media.)
“Rick is not dumb,” says a college classmate. “He’s just not educated.”
Rick Perry. Illustration by Andre Carrilho.
