George Scialabba

George Scialabba’s selected essays, Only a Voice, will be published in August by Verso.

Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument

Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument

While in many ways their careers ran parallel to each other, the two philosophers disagreed about whether liberalism could—and should—be saved.

May 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Damage

Damage Damage

In our new Gilded Age, the worst are not only full of passionate conviction. They are also damnably clever.

May 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Floats Like A Vulture

Floats Like A Vulture Floats Like A Vulture

Instead of rescuing forgotten truths, neocons like Charles Krauthammer devise novel fallacies.

May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

The Impresario: On Irving Kristol

The Impresario: On Irving Kristol The Impresario: On Irving Kristol

Irving Kristol was wrong about most things. So why was he one of the most politically influential intellectuals of his generation?

May 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

A Parade of Arrogance: On John Dower A Parade of Arrogance: On John Dower

During war, John Dower explains, “the system filters out the thoughtful and replaces them with the faithful.”

Mar 23, 2011 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Only Words: Liberalism, Past and Future Only Words: Liberalism, Past and Future

Two new histories examine contemporary liberalism's entrails and peer into its future.

Apr 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Letters Letters

Votes & Smokes, Folks Glendale, Calif.

Nov 5, 2008 / Letters / Trudy Lieberman, Our Readers, and George Scialabba

Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays

A new collection of Gore Vidal's essays showcases five decades of literary and political criticism, with his mocking, disenchanted patriotism in all its eloquence.

Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

A Great Deal of Work A Great Deal of Work

Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.

Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

The Work Cut Out for Us The Work Cut Out for Us

Eight books explore the right-wing assault on American politics and chart a course for a Democratic resurgence.

Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

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