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Author of such tales of the fantastic as Julia, Ghost Story, and In the Night Room, and editor of the Library of America's H.P. Lovecraft collections, Peter Straub is uniquely qualified to hold forth on what makes a good horror story. In the new anthology Poe's Children: The New Horror, Straub collects the best scary short stories out there. TIME talked to him about snobby writers, horror classics, and his next collaboration with Stephen King...
...Pray for Your 401(k) "People absolutely need to know that it's natural to ask God's [personal] help in times of crisis," says James Martin, a priest, editor at the Jesuit magazine America and author of the book My Life with the Saints. "It's human and we can't not do it." Martin points out that the Psalms - in many ways the Western model for all personal prayer - are full of such special pleading. And in the Lord's prayer, Jesus doesn't forget to include "give us this day our daily bread." Daniel Nevins, dean...
...their money in a set of embattled Senate seats?” Ansolabehere said. “The Republican National Committee has a very difficult choice.” The panel then explored opinions on polling models used for the elections. Edsall, who is also the political editor of the liberal-leaning Huffington Post, said that he believes in the accuracy of models that are predicting Obama’s victory, even though their performance “has been a little spotty over the years.” “The models are all based on fundamentals...
...Guire, who was the editor handling the review, acceptance, and editing of the article, defended the editorial decisions, stating that the modifications were intended to take out the “personal attacks and innuendos” directed at the original authors...
...funny dilemma: a risky change or more of the same.Luckily, after the map has been rent all asunder and our nation bleeds red and blue again, we’ll still be able to look toward the horizon for another installment from Sarah Vowell. Vowell, a humorist and contributing editor for public radio’s “This American Life,” is a unique and moving voice in American culture, whose incisive and intelligent writing is rarely surpassed but often matched by her ubiquitous sense of irony. What makes Vowell’s brand of humor...