Irritable Reachings: On John Keats Irritable Reachings: On John Keats
A new biography of John Keats is no match for Keats’s poetic inventions.
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
No Man Is an Island: Fiction, Trauma, War No Man Is an Island: Fiction, Trauma, War
How Argentine fiction about the Malvinas War conspires in a trick of perspective.
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Blitzer
Waltz Unchained Waltz Unchained
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained; Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle No. 3267 Puzzle No. 3267
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Jan 9, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters Letters
“Financial, economic, military and political” inertia, fracking, National Socialism, Henry James, the Battle in Seattle
Jan 9, 2013 / Our Readers and Leo Robson
Will the SEC Force More Campaign Finance Disclosure? Will the SEC Force More Campaign Finance Disclosure?
Publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political giving, for the good of investors and the campaign finance system.
Jan 8, 2013 / George Zornick
Avoiding a Climate-Change Apocalypse Avoiding a Climate-Change Apocalypse
With Hurricane Sandy still on the public’s mind, Obama should take action on carbon emissions and disaster response.
Jan 8, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance
Shareholders are suing the federal government for rescuing their company from collapse. The ever-grateful corporate board could join them.
Jan 8, 2013 / William Greider
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Hates Hagel’s Independence Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Hates Hagel’s Independence
Obama’s defense secretary nominee will likely be confirmed, despite Republican obstructionism
Jan 8, 2013 / Press Room
Will Chuck Hagel’s Appointment Actually Help the Anti-War Left? Will Chuck Hagel’s Appointment Actually Help the Anti-War Left?
The man Obama recently nominated for Secretary of Defense could alter the trajectory of the president’as center-right military policy.
Jan 8, 2013 / Phyllis Bennis