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Man In The Middle
Man in the Middle: On Philip Glass (Arts and Entertainment, Music, Theater, Books and the Arts)

Philip Glass’s new opera, The Perfect American, is a mix of bluster and inspiration.

Jonathan Blitzer
Kerry Washington
On the Politics of 'Scandal' (Gender and Sexuality, Television, Politics)

ABC’s hit show, created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Kerry Washington, is a truly original political soap opera.

Ken Tucker
One Issue That Seems to Be Getting Bipartisan Support in the Senate (Humor)
Calvin Trillin
Photos of movement, leaders, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Betty Friedan, Marlene Dixon
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique (Books & Arts, Feminism, Books and Ideas, Gender Issues, Cultural Criticism and Analysis, Non-fiction)

For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.

Julia M. Klein
Neighborhood (Books & Arts, Poetry)
Judith Harris
Photo of George Saunders
The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders (Books & Arts, Class, Books and Ideas, Fiction, Humor, Literature)

In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.

Aaron Thier
Picture of a copy of G.L. Bernini’s Louis XIV Equestrian
Shelf Life (Books & Arts, Biography, Fine Art, Shelf Life, Books and the Arts)
Barry Schwabsky
The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism (Books & Arts, Religion, History, Non-fiction)

With Anti-Judaism, David Nirenberg has recast the debate about the origins and nature of anti-Semitism in Western thought.

R.I. Moore
Kim Jong-un, Dictator of North Korea and BFF of Dennis Rodman, Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapons Against the United States (Humor)
Calvin Trillin
The Rehabilitation of Elliott Abrams (Foreign Policy, History)
Eric Alterman

Blogs

Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon
Michelle Dean

Much Ado About Nothing is great! Does it matter that its appeal depends on being a Whedon nerd?

June 14, 2013
Famed Photographer, Who Took Long-Suppressed Pictures in Hiroshima, Dies at 94
Greg Mitchell

Wayne Miller, a photographer who took controversial, long-suppressed photos in Hiroshima, dies at age 94.

May 28, 2013
This Week in 'Nation' History: Reviewers Have Argued About 'Gatsby' Since 1925
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The debate surrounding Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation is nothing new.

May 18, 2013
Why Does the Press Still Take the Heritage Foundation Seriously?
Eric Alterman

The think tank has long since compromised its intellectual integrity, yet the media continue to trumpet flawed reports like the latest one on immigration reform.

May 10, 2013
When Eleanor Roosevelt Got MGM to Fire Lionel Barrymore From a Pro-Bomb Epic
Greg Mitchell

 Another unusual fact about MGM's planned 1947 film on Truman and the bomb.

May 5, 2013
The Bush Presidency, Undead
Eric Alterman

With the opening of George W's presidential library, pundits are rushing to whitewash the memory of those years of folly.

April 26, 2013
'Cape Fear,' and Our Fear
Rick Perlstein

In the wake of 9/11 and Boston, is it even possible to imagine a movie that makes civil liberties an integral part of its dramatic arc?

April 23, 2013
Chrissy Amphlett's Pleasure Anthem
Chloe Angyal

In 2013, a song like “I Touch Myself” is less shocking than it once was. But it is still revolutionary.

April 22, 2013
Give Me the Bad News First
Eric Alterman

Press coverage is hasty, error-prone and frequently depressing—but it nonetheless plays a vital role in our society.

April 18, 2013
Whose Side Is ‘The Walking Dead’ On?
Leslie Savan

Cable TV’s top hit is used to justify every political point of view—right or left, pro-NRA or pro-gun control, even pro-sequester or pro-stimulus.

April 5, 2013