When Thanksgiving Proclamations Mattered When Thanksgiving Proclamations Mattered
Presidential proclamations are of dubious distinction in these days of permanent campaigning by the president and his hyper-politicized staff. What were once the solemn pronounceme...
Nov 22, 2007 / John Nichols
Justice on Steroids Justice on Steroids
Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.
Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Our Not-So-Friendly Skies Our Not-So-Friendly Skies
While there are extraordinarily important issues to reckon with--endingthis catastrophic war and devising a sane national security policy,providing universal health care, and rep...
Nov 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pointe Work Pointe Work
Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Many Exits Many Exits
Philip Roth's Exit Ghost considers whether we're astonished by death or the life that precedes it.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Matt Weiland
The Nijinsky of Ambivalence The Nijinsky of Ambivalence
During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation's experience through his prodigious ego.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Morris Dickstein
Love by a Thousand Cuts Love by a Thousand Cuts
Museums can't get enough of Kara Walker, whose silhouettes of the history of slavery seem to be a nightmare she's trying to enjoy.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Colder War A Colder War
Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Underworlds Underworlds
Gangsters have guns and muscle, but a good writer always gets the last word.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell
Terra Incognita Terra Incognita
A mosaic of anecdotes and historical snapshots surveys the sociological diversity of France, past and present.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr