Optimism of the Will Optimism of the Will
The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mike Davis
A Robertson Republican A Robertson Republican
Bush's paean to his staunchest ally's murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
‘The Constant Gardener’: What the Movie Missed ‘The Constant Gardener’: What the Movie Missed
As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials...
Aug 30, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Sonia Shah
Neighbors Neighbors
A trio of film reviews: Wall, Tony Takitani and Red Eye.
Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
It’s a Man’s, Man’s World It’s a Man’s, Man’s World
Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men seems designed as a calculated assault on the reader.
Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Patriotic Bore Patriotic Bore
Two recent books on Tom Paine and on the unruly birth of US democracy reveal that liberal historians have become believers in the 'radicalism' of the American Revolution.
Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
Life Among the Neo-Pagans Life Among the Neo-Pagans
Our reporter visits a "a magickal, psychedelic & multi-cultural" forest outing and asks, Are New Age, Old Religion believers an endangered species in Born Again America?
Aug 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Paul Krassner
The Philosophy of Art The Philosophy of Art
Arthur Danto talks about art in America, the rise of pluralism and how The Nation changed his life.
Aug 18, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Degen
Eat the Document Eat the Document
Stuart Klawans reviews four documentary films.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
After Hours After Hours
At Day's Close details everything that went on in the pre-industrial night, from fear to licentiousness.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton