Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Now?

According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.

Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

Sound Check Sound Check

The history of twentieth-century music charts the rise of modern masters like Duke Ellington and John Adams.

Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Taking Celebrity Seriously Taking Celebrity Seriously

The Paris Principle: politics are sooo hot.

Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Duncombe

Burns’s War: What Is It Good For? Burns’s War: What Is It Good For?

An increasingly bookless universe has become the wasteland so many have feared. In a perfect world, we'd have more Ken Burnses expressing a multiplicity of views.

Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Strange Culture Strange Culture

If the stuff of life is corporatized, does art about it become a form of interference in business?

Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

Dirty Sexy Television Dirty Sexy Television

Who needs reality TV when you can revel in the decadence, dysfunction and dirty laundry of the fictional super-rich?

Oct 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

Strange Culture Strange Culture

Federal authorities are prosecuting Steve Kurtz under the Patriot Act for using harmless bacteria in his artwork. A new film examines his ordeal.

Oct 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

Dark Paradise Dark Paradise

A trilogy of hard-boiled detective novels set in Marseilles contemplates the ethnic turmoil in modern-day France.

Oct 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

Spirit Chaser Spirit Chaser

Listening to Sonny Rollins for the first time. Again.

Oct 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe

For the Lawful Heirs For the Lawful Heirs

the people in question

dig quietly

with festal fork

and feather

a pause

means nothing

perhaps privilege

Oct 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Fuller