Mad Men’s Retro Charm Mad Men’s Retro Charm
A cable hit's unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we've come from the Sixties.
Aug 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anna McCarthy
Silent Witness Silent Witness
A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is to blame for the tragedy.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman
Bywater Blues Bywater Blues
Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
My Bondage, My Freedom My Bondage, My Freedom
Robert Walser's writing--opaque and ethereal, provoking and digressive--is finally being introduced to American readers.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth
In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam's chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn
Adieu, Karl Rove Adieu, Karl Rove
Say farewell to the Prince of Slime.
Aug 23, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Art and Anarchism Thrive Together Art and Anarchism Thrive Together
A new book looks at political expression from a global perspective.
Aug 10, 2007 / The Nation
Spy Games Spy Games
Reviews of The Bourne Ultimatum and The Simpsons Movie.
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Spirited Away Spirited Away
Two writers explore the perversion of our collective imagination and the ways that science and myth shape our understanding of spirituality.
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Laqueur
The Diana/Whore Complex The Diana/Whore Complex
The lovelorn, fragile women the media once revered have given way to skank posses of the skinny, the slutty and the overindulged.
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry