Icons of Oblivion Icons of Oblivion
Two new books explore the role of naturalists in the history of conservation movements.
Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman
The Hebrew Republic The Hebrew Republic
Ongoing conflict in the Middle East continually reinforces tribalism, religiosity and messianic Zionism.
Apr 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird
Lies about Ike: Stephen Ambrose, Another Historian in Trouble Lies about Ike: Stephen Ambrose, Another Historian in Trouble
Stephen Ambrose said he spent hundreds of hours interviewing Ike. The Eisenhower library says he didn't.
Apr 21, 2010 / Jon Wiener
To Curse and Fume To Curse and Fume
As our own yellow press goes from strength to strength, what can the history of slander and libel teach us?
Apr 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape
Martin Luther King's words in 1967 are still relevant to today's war, as the Wikileaks tape shows.
Apr 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Labor to Lincoln: You’re Not Obama’s BFF Labor to Lincoln: You’re Not Obama’s BFF
Organized labor takes on Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in a pair of new ads.
Apr 5, 2010 / Ari Berman
A Conscious Pariah A Conscious Pariah
Raul Hilberg, the first historian to document the banality of Nazi evil, nursed a lifelong grudge against the woman who borrowed from and popularized his work, Hannah Arendt.
Mar 31, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Popper
A Wise Unknowingness A Wise Unknowingness
"There is such a thing as a moral atmosphere." So said Violet Gibson, the woman who shot Mussolini.
Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
A Body on the Gears A Body on the Gears
At Berkeley in 1964, Mario Savio embodied the need to speak and act in the face of doubt.
Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
Heroic Impatience Heroic Impatience
The past was one single catastrophe to the Baader-Meinhof Gang, and acts of violence the only perceived exit.
Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Diego Gambetta