Job’s Comforters Job’s Comforters
Science can be disproved only by its own criteria; when it comes to mental illness, its own criteria are often insufficient.
May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Adam Phillips
The Most Happy Fela The Most Happy Fela
Fela! is an ambitious but flawed musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat and anti-establishment icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno
Talking With Tony Judt Talking With Tony Judt
A discussion with the author of Ill Fares the Land about social democracy, trains and our desiccated ethical vocabulary.
Apr 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
A Bipartisan Memo From Congress to Wall Street A Bipartisan Memo From Congress to Wall Street
Our elected representatives know who pays the bills.
Apr 29, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Pentagon Book Club The Pentagon Book Club
A handful of recent revisionist histories of the Vietnam War are shaping counterinsurgency policy in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Apr 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
The Idea of England The Idea of England
In the Falling Snow suggests that Caryl Phillips's considerable talents have further calcified into a mannered style.
Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
The Abnormal Norm The Abnormal Norm
A film series organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and ArteEast tries to make sense of Lebanon's Civil War.
Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘SEC Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Housing Deal’ ‘SEC Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Housing Deal’
'SEC Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Housing Deal' --Headline in the New York Times They're doing God's work, their CEO said. They're kings of The Street. They are regal. So now we must ask if God ever knew That some of his work was illegal.
Apr 22, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Improbability Pump The Improbability Pump
Why has natural selection always been the most contested part of evolutionary theory?
Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jerry A. Coyne