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Consumer Climates (Books & Arts, Climate Change)

Climate change and its political repercussions.

Michael T. Klare
A Question (Humor)
Calvin Trillin
Henry David Thoreau statue
Thoreau's Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry (Climate Change, Literature, Philosophy)

What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?

Wen Stephenson
Brain scan
Adventures in Neurohumanities (Books & Arts, Science, Fiction)

Applying neuroscience to the study of literature is fashionable. But is it the best way to read a novel?

Alissa Quart
photo of Friedrich Hayek in his study, 1960
Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek (Books & Arts, Economics, Philosophy)

How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.

Corey Robin
Taylor Swift at the Z100 Jingle Ball, New York City, 2012
Red Country: On Taylor Swift (Books & Arts, Music, Pop & Circumstance)

Profligate, prolific, towering over the landscape: Is Taylor Swift China?

Joshua Clover
Barbara Bush on White House Dynasties (Humor)
Calvin Trillin
MoMA
MoMA's Demolition Derby (Architecture)

In defiance of its mission to preserve important works, the Museum of Modern Art has decided to raze the Folk Art building.

Barry Schwabsky
Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink,  civil wars, Asif Ali Zardari
With Friends Like These: On Pakistan (Books & Arts, Foreign Policy, Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action, World)

Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.

Christian Parenti
Portrait of Charlie Parker
Post-White? On 'Blues for Smoke' (Books & Arts, Fine Art)

The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues.

Barry Schwabsky

Blogs

Woody at 100
Peter Rothberg

Woody Guthrie's influence was as profoundly felt as any musician in US, and perhaps world, history.

July 11, 2012
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last
Jon Wiener

There’s a new Disney exhibit at the Reagan library. But what are drawings of Bambi and Cinderella doing in the National Archives?

July 9, 2012
Tweet Beat: The Top Ten Best Republican Songs
Katie Halper

Twitter brings you the the best Republican songs you've never heard of. 

July 9, 2012
Independence for Indy Publisher Chelsea Green
Laura Flanders

Chelsea Green employees celebrated July 4th this year, not only independent but as brand-new employee-owners of their company.

July 4, 2012
Top Ten July 4th Songs
Peter Rothberg

These ten songs, taken together, help distill the American experience and make clear both what’s great about the US and what we still need to be working on.

July 3, 2012
Poor Boys and Pilgrims
Eric Alterman

 Eric on Heart and Paul Simon and Reed on the absurdity of the anger surrounding leaks.

June 15, 2012
Tempest Williams: The Mormon Church Is a Corporation (VIDEO)
Laura Flanders

The Mormon Church is a corporation, says author and essayist Terry Tempest Williams, and there is reason to fear a Romney presidency....

May 27, 2012
Don't Think Twice
Eric Alterman

Eric reviews his latest music choices and Reed analyzes recent trends in Congressional oratory.

May 25, 2012
Top Ten Memorial Day Songs
Peter Rothberg

Songs about war and attendant suffering cut across all musical genres.

May 25, 2012
In 'Scandal' and 'Veep', Can Female Politicos Be Powerful—and Sexy, Too?
Salamishah Tillet

For women in politics, sexuality is often a liability. Will two new shows break the mold?

May 22, 2012
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