Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team
The man instrumental in a White House move to deport John Lennon in 1972 now heads McCain's transition team.
Sep 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
America’s Love/Hate Relationship With Itself America’s Love/Hate Relationship With Itself
Veteran journalist Dick Meyer discusses America's love-hate relationship with itself.
Sep 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sarah O’Leary
Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation
Just about the only thing Amy Winehouse hasn't repackaged from the black music archives is the one thing she could use: a lesson in Motown etiquette.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daphne A. Brooks
A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic
Ingrid Rowland's Giordano Bruno rediscovers the Renaissance philosopher and heretic.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War
Comic books, once the source of cultural panic, have achieved a dominant hold on the public imagination.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Eel Eel
Eels are slimy creatures.
But never lie. If they sense
the slightest pretence, they'll
bite off your finger. Carefully
study the hands of politicians.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Yang
Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte
Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.
Sep 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America
William Eskridge's Dishonorable Passions is the first comprehensive history of sodomy law in America.
Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Margot Canaday
An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace
An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.
Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai
All Aboard All Aboard
Tumbled down an incline at Bash Bish Broke many things; it was still spring
Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernadette Mayer