A Question A Question
For years we’ve been willing to conquer a place That’s nurtured, abetted or aided The radical terrorist threatening us. Should Cambridge, then, now be invaded?
May 8, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry Thoreau’s Radicalism and the Fight Against the Fossil-Fuel Industry
What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Wen Stephenson
Adventures in Neurohumanities Adventures in Neurohumanities
Applying neuroscience to the study of literature is fashionable. But is it the best way to read a novel?
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alissa Quart
Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek
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.
May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Red Country: On Taylor Swift Red Country: On Taylor Swift
Profligate, prolific, towering over the landscape: Is Taylor Swift China?
May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Barbara Bush on White House Dynasties Barbara Bush on White House Dynasties
We’ve had enough Bushes, the matriarch said. We certainly don’t need another. And Jeb, who was meant to have George’s at-bat, Smiles weakly once more at his mother.
May 1, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
MoMA’s Demolition Derby MoMA’s Demolition Derby
In defiance of its mission to preserve important works, the Museum of Modern Art has decided to raze the Folk Art building.
May 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
With Friends Like These: On Pakistan With Friends Like These: On Pakistan
Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Post-White? On ‘Blues for Smoke’ Post-White? On ‘Blues for Smoke’
The Whitney’s adventurous, awkward attempt to explore abstract art through the blues.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Nikolai Leskov’s The Enchanted Wandered and Other Stories; Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself...
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz