Stargazer Stargazer
Andy Warhol's eye for significant banality transformed the familiar into art. Ric Burns's new American Masters documentary traces the roots of Warhol's smirking genius.
Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
A Passion for Pluto A Passion for Pluto
Pluto's demotion from a planet to a dwarf isn't the work of mean-spirited Grinches. It is a necessary part of the same process that got Pluto discovered in the first place.
Sep 13, 2006 / Marla Geha
Bush’s Sitcom Nominee Bush’s Sitcom Nominee
Warren Bell honed his reputation writing sitcoms and lobbing politically incorrect bombs for National Review Online. Now he's Bush's nominee for the Corporation for Public Broadcas...
Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Celia Viggo Wexler
Ford’s Fate Ford’s Fate
When it comes to winning back the Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee is beginning to look like the Democrats' make-or-break candidate--and that might not be such a good th...
Sep 13, 2006 / The Nation
Failing the Test Failing the Test
President Bush was correct when he said that not since the cold war has the nation been so tested. But the test lies not in the terror threat but in his Administration's incompeten...
Sep 13, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Pondering Peretz Pondering Peretz
The long-time finacier and reinging poo-bah of The New Republic, Marty Peretz, has formally entered the blogosphere with a dramtic ... thud. Dubbing his site The Spine, Peretz o...
Sep 13, 2006 / The Nation
Following Wellstone Following Wellstone
Press reports on the primary victory of Minnesota Democratic U.S. House candidate Keith Ellison make note of the fact that he is now likely to become the first Muslim elected to C...
Sep 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Iraq for Sale Iraq for Sale
The Bush administration's approach to Iraq reconstruction is about the same as its approach to everything else – greed, cronyism and corruption. Now, an important new document...
Sep 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The US vs. John Lennon The US vs. John Lennon
The new documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," now playing nationwide, tells the story of Lennon's transformation from loveable moptop to anti-war activist, and reco...
Sep 12, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Ford’s Fate Ford’s Fate
When it comes to winning back the Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee is beginning to look like the Democrats' make-or-break candidate--and that might not be such a good th...
Sep 12, 2006 / The Nation