Gladwell for Dummies
Maureen Tkacik
Malcolm Gladwell's success as a brand-name thinker rests on the assumption that the unexamined life is the only sort his readers could be living.
2009
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The Down Side of Thinking Positive
GRIT TV
Nation contributor Barbara Ehrenreich presents Bright Sided, her new book about the negative aspect of positive thinking.
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Suspended Sentences
Scott Saul
Eliot Weinberger's enigmatic essays save him from becoming a prisoner of his polemical style.
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Wild About Harry
D.D. Guttenplan : Great Britain
Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.
2008
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Back Talk: Toni Morrison
The Nobel Prize-winning author talks about Barack Obama, the writer; language; and her new novel, A Mercy.
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Stewartsville
Christine Smallwood : Non-Fiction
What possessed the fierce individualist George R. Stewart to compile a history of place-naming in the United States?
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Remembering Studs
André Schiffrin : Nation History
Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.
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In Defense of Studs Terkel
Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.
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Dick Meyer: Why We Hate Us
Veteran journalist Dick Meyer discusses America's love-hate relationship with itself.
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La Zone Grise
Five books explore the sorrows and moral complexity of Irène Némirovsky and others who suffered Nazi persecution in France.
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Who Are They Calling Elitist?
Eric Alterman : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Why do conservatives continue to feel oppressed by the "liberal elite"?
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Beyond the New Deal
Howard Zinn : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
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FDR's Democratic Propaganda
Stephen Duncombe : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."
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Potent Publics
Anna Deavere Smith : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
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Banana Kings
The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.
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Art and Propaganda
Using fear and the classic tools of persuasion, the Bush Administration has subverted American mythology and our national character.
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The Big Yam
Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.
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