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ClassMay 6, 2015
Damage
In our new Gilded Age, the worst are not only full of passionate conviction. They are also damnably clever.
George Scialabba
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Language ArtsMay 21, 2014
Floats Like A Vulture
Instead of rescuing forgotten truths, neocons like Charles Krauthammer devise novel fallacies.
George Scialabba
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisMay 18, 2011
The Impresario: On Irving Kristol
Irving Kristol was wrong about most things. So why was he one of the most politically influential intellectuals of his generation?
George Scialabba
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CultureMarch 23, 2011
A Parade of Arrogance: On John Dower
During war, John Dower explains, “the system filters out the thoughtful and replaces them with the faithful.”
George Scialabba
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HistoryApril 22, 2009
Only Words: Liberalism, Past and Future
Two new histories examine contemporary liberalism’s entrails and peer into its future.
George Scialabba
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November 5, 2008
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October 8, 2008
Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays
A new collection of Gore Vidal’s essays showcases five decades of literary and political criticism, with his mocking, disenchanted patriotism in all its eloquence.
George Scialabba
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJanuary 16, 2008
A Great Deal of Work
Edmund Wilson’s politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.
George Scialabba
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Non-fictionJanuary 11, 2007
The Work Cut Out for Us
Eight books explore the right-wing assault on American politics and chart a course for a Democratic resurgence.
George Scialabba
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Foreign PolicyNovember 9, 2006
The Business of America
The American Way of Strategy and Empire’s Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
George Scialabba