The Illusionist The Illusionist
Alexander Stille's The Sack of Rome explores how Silvio Berlusconi subverted Italy's government, history and culture.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Tobias Jones
Music of My Mind Music of My Mind
John Gennari's Blowin' Hot and Cool looks at the intimate but fractious relationship between jazz luminaries and their critics.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
China’s Neoliberal Dynasty China’s Neoliberal Dynasty
As China's economy surges forward, so does the pileup of social contradictions: pollution, migration, crime and family dysfunction.
Sep 14, 2006 / Feature / Peter Kwong
Congo Journey Congo Journey
It was the strangest journey of my life, and it will always be. I was looking for fictional characters I had invented, in a country I had never visited.
Sep 14, 2006 / Feature / John le Carré
Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC
Why did the network humiliate its news division, ignore historians and insult Americans with a 9/11 docudrama that it knew was a tissue of lies?
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
A Klatch of Civilizations A Klatch of Civilizations
As Survivor races to the bottom by dividing this season's contenders into race-based tribes, perhaps we can look to Starbucks for new models of how to blend in.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded
Don't worry--it only feels like you're drowning.
Sep 14, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
CA Leads on Climate CA Leads on Climate
California's global warming initiative shows how far ahead the state is compared with the federal government. But it also reveals how America lags behind the rest of the world.
Sep 14, 2006 / Mark Hertsgaard
No Clear Antiwar Signal No Clear Antiwar Signal
Anyone looking for a signal from the primaries that Democrats will be a clear antiwar party didn't get it.
Sep 14, 2006 / John Nichols
A Scandal If Not a Crime A Scandal If Not a Crime
The White House behaved unethically by exposing Valerie Plame's identity. Escaping prosecution is not the same as escaping judgment.
Sep 14, 2006 / The Editors