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Covert OpsJune 16, 2016
Bad Intelligence
David Price’s long battle against anthropology’s collaborations with the national-security state.
Peter C. Baker
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Books and IdeasMay 6, 2015
Critical Agents
How J. Edgar Hoover’s paranoid view of literature led him to target African-American writers.
Peter C. Baker
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CultureJanuary 21, 2015
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FictionDecember 9, 2014
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Campaigns and ElectionsOctober 7, 2014
Shelf Life
How did “one person, one vote” become the rule for statehouses across the country?
Peter C. Baker
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Covert OpsSeptember 16, 2014
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Language ArtsApril 8, 2014
Missing the Story
How turning the Murder of Kitty Genovese into a parable erased its particulars.
Peter C. Baker
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CultureSeptember 10, 2013
Shelf Life
Robert Neer’s Napalm: An American Biography; Juliette Volcler’s Extremely Loud: Sound as a Weapon
Peter C. Baker
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Language ArtsMay 15, 2013
Fight Clubs: On Napoleon Chagnon
One anthropologist’s place in his field’s ongoing battle over questions of power, means and ends.
Peter C. Baker
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Covert OpsDecember 19, 2012
Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley
How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.
Peter C. Baker