Shibboleth! Mumbai and Moral Responsibility Shibboleth! Mumbai and Moral Responsibility
Why is it so hard for lawmakers, media and moguls to take moral responsibility?
Dec 3, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Obama’s Gaffe on India Obama’s Gaffe on India
It was, at least, a semi-gaffe. Asked about India's response to the terror attacks, Obama had this to say: "Sovereign nations obviously have a right to protect themselves.... Be...
Dec 3, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mumbai’s 9/11 Meme Mumbai’s 9/11 Meme
We have much to fear from easy evocations of 9/11, but in India, it is a call to the world to recognize their loss.
Dec 3, 2008 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Jack Black and Many More Star in ‘Prop 8: The Musical’ Jack Black and Many More Star in ‘Prop 8: The Musical’
Hollywood stars like Jack Black, John C. Reilly and Neil Patrick Harris parody the absurdity of the religious right's pro-Prop 8 position...in song.
Dec 3, 2008 / Funny or Die
Epic Moments: ‘Milk,’ ‘Australia,’ ‘Wendy and Lucy’ Epic Moments: ‘Milk,’ ‘Australia,’ ‘Wendy and Lucy’
Gus Van Sant's Milk, Baz Luhrmann's Australia, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays
Re-reading a literary critic who regarded intelligence as a moral imperative.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Jarring Bottles: The Paintings of Giorgio Morandi Jarring Bottles: The Paintings of Giorgio Morandi
The paintings of Giorgio Morandi render new meaning to the term natura morta.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Battle for Human Rights The Battle for Human Rights
Which idea of human rights will prevail: Western notions of freedom from fear or poorer nations' insistence on freedom from want?
Dec 3, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Who Are the Taliban? Who Are the Taliban?
Who, exactly, are the Taliban? It's clear Afghan insurgents are far from monolithic.
Dec 3, 2008 / Feature / Anand Gopal
Obama’s Afghan Dilemma Obama’s Afghan Dilemma
Obama calls Afghanistan "the right war." But sending more US troops into the quagmire will only make the crisis worse.
Dec 3, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss