The Scrivener and the Whale The Scrivener and the Whale
Andrew Delbanco's new biography of Herman Melville reveals that the great writer came to realize that what torments men is not the longing to believe that there is meaning in the u...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
I Act, Therefore I Am I Act, Therefore I Am
Admired from a distance and reviled up close, Laurence Olivier could establish a relation with his audience that was like an infection. His official biography chronicles a personal...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Thomson
Monster’s Ball Monster’s Ball
Party in the Blitz, the final volume of Nobel laureate Elias Canetti's memoirs, is a chaotic, horribly fascinating memoir of a man who was a slave to love, an omnivorous intellect ...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
The Ring Cycle The Ring Cycle
When Joe Louis defeated Nazi sympathizer Max Schmeling in 1938, it was the boxing match that reverberated across the world. Three new books chronicle the match and all the racial a...
Nov 16, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Early
New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies
Why are so few elderly people signing up for the new Medicare drug benefit? It's cumbersome, costly and totally confusing.
Nov 16, 2005 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Just Watch It! Just Watch It!
I'm no expert, but we seem to be experiencing a resurgence of independent filmmaking with more quality documentaries and small-budget movies being produced than ever before. The t...
Nov 16, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
The Big Lie Technique The Big Lie Technique
As President Bush denounces his critics and proclaims war without end in Iraq the central front in a new cold war, he fails to acknowledge that he is responsible for handing Al Qae...
Nov 16, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The ‘No Exit’ Strategy The ‘No Exit’ Strategy
Most Americans want immediate action to pull out of Iraq, but Senate Republicans passed a measure today that essentially lets the White House off the hook.
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
SOA Protests to Focus on Torture SOA Protests to Focus on Torture
As demonstrators gather at Fort Benning, Georgia, this weekend for an annual protest against the School of the Americas, the spotlight will be on increasing dismay in Congress and ...
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney