Two Angry Men Two Angry Men
Beyond the sensationalism and the sound bites, the Duke rape case reveals the perils of unchecked prosecutorial power.
Mar 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Perkinson
The Stravinsky Shuffle The Stravinsky Shuffle
Why listen to Stravinksy in sequence when you can click shuffle on your iPod and rediscover the music anew?
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Patriot’s Inventory Patriot’s Inventory
a prisoner is bound and gagged in free fall
the backdoor gift exposes an exchange rift
while a cognitive switch haunts its own turncoat
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anne Waldman
Banana Kings Banana Kings
The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso
Good Faith Good Faith
Two authors posit very different views on the problem of religious conflict in a supposedly secular age.
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll
When will we stop living in the '60s?
Feb 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
Art and Propaganda Art and Propaganda
Using fear and the classic tools of persuasion, the Bush Administration has subverted American mythology and our national character.
Feb 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Milton Glaser
Fourteen Little Words Fourteen Little Words
First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Chavez’s Fix Chavez’s Fix
Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson
The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam
Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods. So was the war necessary?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden