Culture

The Passenger The Passenger

In a posthumously published memoir, Ryszard Kapuscinski looks back on his life as a pathbreaking literary journalist who covered the Third World during the cold war.

Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

The Decider’s Decider The Decider’s Decider

The mysterious David Petraeus.

Sep 13, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Vietnam: Death of Seven Zipperheads Vietnam: Death of Seven Zipperheads

A soldier's button says "We Shall Overkill." In Vietnam, it speaks the truth.

Sep 11, 2007 / Feature / William Eastlake

Farm Aid Raises a Vision Farm Aid Raises a Vision

What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the Amer...

Sep 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser

Grave Thoughts Grave Thoughts

Heddy Honigmann's documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.

Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Perishable Goods Perishable Goods

A new biography of economist Joseph Schumpeter explores his insights into the emerging world of globalized capitalism.

Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn

The Uninvited Guest The Uninvited Guest

Juan Cole's Napoleon's Egypt examines the little dictator's doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.

Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roger Owen

Family Values Agenda Family Values Agenda

Republicans are a randy bunch.

Sep 6, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Madness of ‘King’ George The Madness of ‘King’ George

If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.

Aug 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Prentis

A New Orleans family travels to their home near New Orleans, La., after it was flooded during Hurricane Ida on September 13, 2021.

New Orleans Is Us New Orleans Is Us

If the American people continue to avert their eyes from the slow death of an abandoned city, their communities may soon be the next to fail.

Aug 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Billy Sothern

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