Killing Reconciliation Killing Reconciliation
How brutal raids are sabotaging the political strategy the US claims to support in Afghanistan.
Oct 27, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Judging the War Crimes Tribunal Judging the War Crimes Tribunal
The International Criminal Court has had setbacks—but it's already having an impact.
Oct 27, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
The Pirate’s Prophet: On Lewis Hyde The Pirate’s Prophet: On Lewis Hyde
Is the cultural commons a viable alternative to the copyright regime, or does it risk turning culture into a consumerist slum?
Oct 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Wallace-Wells
Ibex Have Evolved for Life at the Top Ibex Have Evolved for Life at the Top
When we say specimen we mean you. By you we mean whatever collection of night sweats and shopping lists accumulates in the bed by dawn. When we say dark we mean pitch, moonless, starless, don't even open your eyes. When we say he has your eyes we mean we see nothing of you there. If you want someone to come for you, you'll have to cry harder than that. If you want to be prepared, practice: blizzard, fire, famine. Your shoes or your coat? Your cat or your dog? Sister, daughter, mother, wife?
Oct 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lisa Olstein
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Robert Darnton's Poetry and the Police, Jeremy Harding's Mother Country
Oct 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
The Impasse: On Martin Solares The Impasse: On Martin Solares
The Black Minutes, a nuanced neo-noir, conveys how narco-violence has leached the Mexican justice system of meaning.
Oct 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer
In Our Orbit: Dean’s Way In Our Orbit: Dean’s Way
Ari Berman's Herding Donkeys shows how Howard Dean's unsuccessful bid for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination was the foundation for Barack Obama's victory in 2008.
Oct 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kate Murphy
Meghan McCain Insists The Tea Party Is ‘Losing’ Young People Meghan McCain Insists The Tea Party Is ‘Losing’ Young People
But did they ever have them to begin with?
Oct 27, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
What Virginia Thomas Was Saying to Anita Hill What Virginia Thomas Was Saying to Anita Hill
Standing by her man.
Oct 27, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 1607 Puzzle No. 1607
This puzzle originally appeared in the November 15, 1975, issue.
Oct 27, 2010 / Frank W. Lewis