Farm Aid Raises a Vision Farm Aid Raises a Vision
What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the Amer...
Sep 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Grave Thoughts Grave Thoughts
Heddy Honigmann's documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.
Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Perishable Goods Perishable Goods
A new biography of economist Joseph Schumpeter explores his insights into the emerging world of globalized capitalism.
Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn
The Earth’s Horizons: Panorama The Earth’s Horizons: Panorama
An observer limits her point of view to the line
Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michèle Métail
The Uninvited Guest The Uninvited Guest
Juan Cole's Napoleon's Egypt examines the little dictator's doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.
Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roger Owen
The Madness of ‘King’ George The Madness of ‘King’ George
If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.
Aug 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Prentis
New Orleans Is Us New Orleans Is Us
If the American people continue to avert their eyes from the slow death of an abandoned city, their communities may soon be the next to fail.
Aug 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Billy Sothern
Mad Men’s Retro Charm Mad Men’s Retro Charm
A cable hit's unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we've come from the Sixties.
Aug 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anna McCarthy
Silent Witness Silent Witness
A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is to blame for the tragedy.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman
Bywater Blues Bywater Blues
Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans