The Importance of Being Lazy The Importance of Being Lazy
It's a late August midnight, I'm on vacation, a hurricane named Katrina is heading to Florida--and I'm online. Like some 40 percent of Americans, I have spent half of my time this...
Aug 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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
Rick Warren, ‘America’s Pastor’ Rick Warren, ‘America’s Pastor’
His bestselling The Purpose-Driven Life has made him a superstar, but is mega-pastor Rick Warren's true purpose strictly political?
Aug 25, 2005 / Feature / Wendy Kaminer
The Power of Fusion Politics The Power of Fusion Politics
Two political lines could be better than one: Consider the successful tactics of the Working Families Party.
Aug 25, 2005 / Feature / Alyssa Katz
How to Say No How to Say No
Counter-recruitment projects are mobilizing to push back on the growing militarization of America's schools. Here's a list of resources.
Aug 25, 2005 / Feature / Leah Caldwell
Who’s Next? Who’s Next?
Military recruiters are targeting the nation's high schools and junior highs, seeking an early harvest of soldiers-to-be. Is your child next?
Aug 25, 2005 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Midsummer Night’s Dream Midsummer Night’s Dream
A midsummer nightmare of the shiny-eyed zealots who would protect us from terror. Plus, summer reading for the President.
Aug 25, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A Presidential Explanation of Patriotic Loafing A Presidential Explanation of Patriotic Loafing
The true and patriotic purpose of presidential loafing revealed.
Aug 25, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin