Enlightened. Elitist. Undemocratic. Enlightened. Elitist. Undemocratic.
Has the EU followed a path first blazed by Napoleon?
May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Can Science Go Back to the Future? Can Science Go Back to the Future?
Trying to bring extinct species back to life is the latest symptom of ecological anxiety.
May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere
Against the Barricades Against the Barricades
Exposing the debasement of language in service to ideologies was Renata Adler’s cause.
May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katie Ryder
The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman
The superheroine’s polygamous creator exploited the love and labor of the women who were his inspiration.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Emily Greenhouse
How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’? How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’?
Kevin Kruse’s new book explores how “Christian America” was invented to fight FDR’s New Deal.
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Molly Worthen
Choose Your Misery Choose Your Misery
On Ex Machina and Andrew Bujalski’s Results
May 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘Good Kill’: Drone Pilots Get PTSD, Civilians Die Nameless ‘Good Kill’: Drone Pilots Get PTSD, Civilians Die Nameless
A new movie from Andrew Niccol stars Ethan Hawke as a pilot fighting terrorists from the ’burbs of Las Vegas.
May 15, 2015 / Blog / Ali Gharib
The Trials of Hannah Arendt The Trials of Hannah Arendt
Many have delighted in judging Hannah Arendt, maybe because they have feared her judgment.
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Dark Night’s Fly Catcher Dark Night’s Fly Catcher
Thatched myself Over with words. Night after night Thatched myself Anew against The pending eraser.
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Charles Simic
Sufferahs Sufferahs
Marlon James’s characters are caught in “the shitstem,” eternally waiting for something to change.
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier