The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel
Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”
Jul 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Remembering Praful Bidwai Remembering Praful Bidwai
Praful Bidwai used rigorous journalism to advance progressive change.
Jul 1, 2015 / Lived History / Mark Kesselman
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
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
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
The Old Consciousness The Old Consciousness
Hilary Mantel and Penelope Fitzgerald have saved historical fiction from a middlebrow wasteland.
Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson
Evangelical Boilerplate Evangelical Boilerplate
Billy Graham’s innocuous blend of showmanship and salvation.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Molly Worthen
Fortune’s Son Fortune’s Son
Why the line from Barry Goldwater to Ted Cruz runs over Nelson Rockefeller.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
Plugged Into the Socket of Life Plugged Into the Socket of Life
Behind Richard Pryor’s jokes and barbs was a man yearning to be free.
Nov 25, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
Strange History Strange History
John Lahr’s biography of Tennessee William gets mired down in psychoanalysis.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein