Mythologizing the Bomb Mythologizing the Bomb
The beauty of the atomic scientists' calculations hid from them the truly Faustian contract they scratched their names to.
Aug 14, 1995 / From the Archive / E.L. Doctorow
William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage
A not-too-fond remembrance of “Squire Willie,” patron saint of post-World War II American conservatism.
Jun 11, 1988 / From the Archive / Robert Sherrill
Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire
“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”
Jan 11, 1986 / From the Archive / Gore Vidal
Open Letter to the Born Again Open Letter to the Born Again
Sometimes, our best efforts at peace are betrayed.
Sep 29, 1979 / From the Archive / James Baldwin
Coupling and Uncoupling Coupling and Uncoupling
The most striking thing about Couples is the novelist's attempt to break out of the intimist, unpolitical, miniaturist mold that had become his official bust.
May 13, 1968 / Books & the Arts / Jose Yglesias
Hammer of Civil Rights Hammer of Civil Rights
“Exactly one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation for them, Negroes wrote their own document of freedom in their own way.”
Mar 9, 1964 / From the Archive / Martin Luther King Jr.
A Bold Design for a New South A Bold Design for a New South
Tokenism was the inevitable outgrowth of the Administration’s design for dealing with discrimination.
Mar 30, 1963 / From the Archive / Martin Luther King Jr.
It Seems to Heywood Broun It Seems to Heywood Broun
Baseball was glorified as the acme of precision long before the magazine writers began to proclaim that Henry Ford was our equivalent for Goethe.
Oct 23, 1929 / From the Archive / Heywood Broun