Courtesy New York Public Library

Book of the Year: Whatever Kindle has, it doesn't have all 17 known first editions of Voltaire's Candide, published in 1759. They are on view at the New York Public Library in the exhibition "Candide at 250: Scandal and Success."

‘Primo Stuff’

The New York Sun Crosswords Are Back

By Special to the Sun
November 15, 2009

The New York Sun daily crossword puzzle, edited by the master puzzle maker Peter Gordon and acclaimed as one of the best in America, is back — at www.nysun.com. Readers of the New York Sun are now able to join the New York Sun Crossword Club for only $1 a week. It will give access to fill out online or download and print out each day’s puzzle. The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle won raves from around the country when it was issued daily in the print edition of The New York Sun, which startled the puzzle world with the ingenuity and verve of Mr. Gordon’s work.

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The Place to Be Tonight: Supporting Prison Writing Mon, 9 Nov 2009 8:12 AM

Introducing the 'Human-Powered Search Engine' Mon, 9 Nov 2009 8:04 AM

The Place to Be Tonight: Art @ New York City Opera Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:05 AM

Benefit Preview: A PEN America Program Teaches Writing to Prisoners Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:07 AM

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Emma Bloomberg's Election Day Itinerary Tue, 3 Nov 2009 2:22 AM

Performa 09's 'Creation': A Family Affair Sat, 31 Oct 2009 1:09 AM

Art Escape: An Eye for Nature Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40 AM

New York Opens Arms for 'Broken Embraces' Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:13 PM

What Makes New York New York: Nonsense NYC Email List Turns 10 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 1:55 AM

City's Royalty Toasts Shiny New Castle at American Museum of Natural History Fri, 9 Oct 2009 3:50 PM

Bloomberg, Weill to Receive 2009 Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Fri, 9 Oct 2009 6:20 AM

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Yes, Virginia ...

Editorial of The New York Sun
December 25, 2009

We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:

Dear Editor—

I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O'Hanlon
115 West Ninety Fifth Street

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see.

Palinism

Editorial of The New York Sun
December 2, 2009

A surprising thing is taking place as Sarah Palin starts speaking out on the issues in recent speeches, internet postings, and in the book tour she is now undertaking for her memoir “Going Rogue.” An outline is starting to appear in respect of the substance of her world view — call it “Palinism” — and it is far more substantive than her detractors suggest or than we gained a glimpse of during the campaign.

Thanksgiving

Editorial of The New York Sun
November 22, 2006

When George Washington issued his first Thanksgiving proclamation — on October 3, 1789, here in New York City — he noted that Congress had requested that he recommend to the people "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God." He set aside Thursday, November 26, 1789, "to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be."

'A tonic for political depression'

November 15, 2009

That’s how Seth Lipsky’s passion for the United States Constitution is described by The Wall Street Journal in a weekend interview with the founding editor of the Sun. The occasion is the publication of Mr. Lipsky's new book, “The Citizen’s Constitution, An Annotated Guide,” which has just been brought out by Basic Books.
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A Towering Example

By SETH LIPSKY
October 28, 2009

The death of Marek Edelman, who led the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto and whose example towers over the generations, offers much to think about in the current crisis.

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