Solving the Irish Crisis Solving the Irish Crisis
The financial crisis in Ireland is leading to a political crisis on the heels of a bailout and more "austerity measures." The coalition that currently rules is falling ap...
Nov 23, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on ‘The Ed Show’ Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on ‘The Ed Show’
Katrina vanden Heuvel asks, are the millionaires in Congress are out of touch with the American public? In a word: yes.
Nov 23, 2010 / Press Room
TSAstroturf: The Washington Lobbyists and Koch-Funded Libertarians Behind the TSA Scandal TSAstroturf: The Washington Lobbyists and Koch-Funded Libertarians Behind the TSA Scandal
Are Astroturf activists at the heart of the revolt against the TSA? And who benefits from the scandal?
Nov 23, 2010 / Mark Ames and Yasha Levine
General Petraeus’s Guide to Scheduling a War General Petraeus’s Guide to Scheduling a War
In Afghanistan, Petraeus has proven himself a master of the incredible shrinking withdrawal date.
Nov 23, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Risk the Game: On William James Risk the Game: On William James
For William James, all our certitudes depend on the pretense that there are no radical mysteries underlying them.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson
Remembering Chalmers Johnson, 1931—2010 Remembering Chalmers Johnson, 1931—2010
His was an all-American odyssey, and in his final decades he was a man on a mission.
Nov 23, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Suitors: On Julia Holmes Suitors: On Julia Holmes
Julia Holmes's Meeks is a novel full of a jittery sadness and an uncontrollable kind of joy.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
The Whole Human Mess: On Saul Bellow The Whole Human Mess: On Saul Bellow
Drollery, mordancy, tenderness and soul talk: Saul Bellow's letters are a Saul Bellow novel!
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
A Puzzler’s Puzzler: On Frank W. Lewis A Puzzler’s Puzzler: On Frank W. Lewis
Lewis was a true Renaissance man, a lover of music, history, literature, language, botany, geography, sports, boating, cards—the list is endless—all of which enliven hi...
Nov 23, 2010 / Judith Long
The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt
Robert Gottlieb's vigorous biography of Sarah Bernhardt shows the actress in all her workaholic, passionate and unsentimental force.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl