George Scialabba

George Scialabba’s selected essays, Only a Voice, will be published in August by Verso.

The Business of America The Business of America

The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.

Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Zippie World! Zippie World!

A look at Thomas Friedman's flattened world.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Dissent or Assent? Dissent or Assent?

Michael Walzer's best book is not, unfortunately, his most influential.

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity

One hundred years ago, in the wake of England's ruinous victory in the Boer War, a young Liberal politician excoriated the ruling Conservative Party and its imperial scam: "A par...

Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

How the Other Half Votes How the Other Half Votes

For years the battle raged across my family's kitchen table.

May 27, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Lust for Life Lust for Life

The afterlife of Italian poet, novelist, critic and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini brings to mind some familiar lines from Auden's "In Memory of W.B.

Jan 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations

Consider this hypothetical situation.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

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