Mark Penn Must Go Mark Penn Must Go

Mark Penn's quasi-demotion is too little, too late.

Apr 9, 2008 / The Editors

Neocon NATO Delusions Neocon NATO Delusions

The Bush Administration's mission to transform NATO promises to do great damage to international peace and cooperation.

Apr 9, 2008 / The Editors

Washington at War Washington at War

The Petraeus hearings reveal a political class--Democrats and Republicans--trapped in concentric circles of imperial myopia.

Apr 9, 2008 / The Editors

Spots, Smudges and Glitter Spots, Smudges and Glitter

A tour of the New York art galleries reveals a number of talented artists exploring the possibilities of "bad" representational painting.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Un Ballon Est un Ballon Un Ballon Est un Ballon

In Flight of the Red Balloon, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien takes on an unmistakably Parisian story with unbridled creative abandon.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The March The March

There were two or three stragglers who couldn't keep up

with the rest. I said to the captain, "What should we do about

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Tate

Stop the Violence Stop the Violence

Human Rights Watch reported on Monday that sexual violence in Darfur continues to be a constant threat for women and girls. According to HRW, the vast majority of crimes against w...

Apr 9, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

Man Out of Time Man Out of Time

In Hari Kunzru's captivating new novel My Revolutions, a former anti-Vietnam terrorist is dredged up after half a lifetime underground.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

Where Now? Let’s Go! Where Now? Let’s Go!

The nonsensical funhouse of Donald Barthelme's fiction celebrates the cosmic joke of life and the pathos of grappling with it.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

“Half Devil and Half Child” “Half Devil and Half Child”

Petraeus today on the Iraqi government: Assisting the new Iraqi government is like teaching a young child how to ride a bicycle, Petraeus observed, noting the United States is "t...

Apr 9, 2008 / Chris Hayes