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
Bread, Bombs, and the Big Stimulus Bread, Bombs, and the Big Stimulus
In 2007, over 37 million Americans, or 12.5 percent of the US population, lived below the federal poverty line--$21,200 for a family of four (well below the income truly required ...
Dec 3, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
He’s Baaaaack! Holbrooke, that is. He’s Baaaaack! Holbrooke, that is.
The other shoe is dropping. Now that Hillary is feathering her nest at State, it seems likely that a flock of Democratic hawks -- or are they vultures? -- will be settling in, too...
Dec 3, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss