The Poverty of Theory The Poverty of Theory
Gertrude Himmelfarb is a remarkable woman. Remarkable, first, because in some respects she is a pioneer.
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Linda Colley
Totem and Taboo Totem and Taboo
It did not take long for a term that not long ago was slanderous to become a cliché.
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Steel
The Bush Crusade The Bush Crusade
Sacred violence, again unleashed in 2001, could prove as destructive as in 1096.
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / James Carroll
Ashes of Time Ashes of Time
It was the perfect setup for an op-ed article: the release, between the Democratic and Republican conventions, of Alien vs.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Big Sleep The Big Sleep
From its inception, the AIDS pandemic has generated extraordinary expressions of sadness and anger. The sadness is easy to understand.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Sheila M. Rothman
Lewis of Arabia Lewis of Arabia
I have witnessed what Bernard Lewis, and later Samuel Huntington, designated the "clash of civilizations" between Christendom and Islam up close in at least two wars.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
The Life of the Mind The Life of the Mind
Isaiah Berlin once told his biographer, Michael Ignatieff, that "I have a natural tendency to gossip, to describing things, to noticing things, to interest in human beings and th...
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Sunil Khilnani
State of the Union, 2004 State of the Union, 2004
This article is excerpted from Gore Vidal's latest book, Imperial America, just published by Nation Books.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Is the United States--as so many have said, in celebration or dismay--a planet-mastering empire or not? The question presses upon us as George W.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Bad Brains Bad Brains
More than once in Jonathan Demme's reimagining of The Manchurian Candidate, a distraught Denzel Washington jabs at his skull and rasps, "They got in here." He means it literally.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans