Getting Even Getting Even
Roald Dahl's Collected Stories are best enjoyed by adult readers who take their humor black.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Amidon
Not Dark Yet Not Dark Yet
Gore Vidal's Point to Point Navigation is a brave and continuous affirmation of life and an assurance that though the Republic has been betrayed, we are not to give up hope.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Michael Wood
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day is actually four stories, each replete with brilliant patter, fancy footwork, wishful thinking and a plaintive ukulele.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
Liar. ‘Liar?’ Liar. ‘Liar?’
Bush's contempt for the truth and for those whose job it is to find it has created an existential crisis for mainstream media.
Nov 22, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
On When We Can Leave Iraq On When We Can Leave Iraq
Can you say "never"?
Nov 22, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Prop 209: Ten Long Years Prop 209: Ten Long Years
Ten years after its passage, California's Prop 209 has had a devastating impact on diversity in higher education.
Nov 22, 2006 / Carmina Ocampo
Friedman’s Cruel Legacy Friedman’s Cruel Legacy
Milton Friedman's free-market faith produced a bastardized system of interest-group politics that favors sectors of citizens at the expense of many others.
Nov 22, 2006 / William Greider
An Immodest Proposal An Immodest Proposal
Modesty is a virtue, but rather than telling the courts to practice restraint, the Bush Administration should rein in its own abuses of power.
Nov 22, 2006 / David Cole
The Odd Attack on Dean The Odd Attack on Dean
James Carville's bizarre attack on Howard Dean exposed an explosive battle for control between Clintonistas-in-waiting and advocates of renewal. This is a good fight to have.
Nov 22, 2006 / The Editors
Bush’s Vietnam Analogy Bush’s Vietnam Analogy
President Bush has said many dumb things in defense of his Iraq policy. Citing the Vietnam War as a model is his most ludicrous.
Nov 22, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer