Russian Hero Russian Hero
A bet on a horse in the 1949 Grand National resulted in the largest collective transfer of wealth ever to communism's stalwarts in Britain.
Jul 27, 2011 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List: Edition Two The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List: Edition Two
Hunter S. Thompson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Richard Heinberg and much more. Find out what books Nation readers are poring over this summer and let us know what's on your list.
Jul 22, 2011 / The Nation
Gary Shteyngart Interview—The Future, With Fox Prime Ultra and the Bipartisan Party: A Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart Interview—The Future, With Fox Prime Ultra and the Bipartisan Party: A Super Sad True Love Story
A novelist imagines politics in “the near future.”
Jul 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
A Summary of Public Response to the News That a Tabloid Hacked the Phones of a Missing Girl and of Families of Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan A Summary of Public Response to the News That a Tabloid Hacked the Phones of a Missing Girl and of Families of Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
All England said, in one voice, “Blimey! Could even Murdoch be that slimy?”
Jul 13, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Oxford Comma-otion The Oxford Comma-otion
Who gives a [insert expletive] about an Oxford comma?
Jul 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Maria Kari
Erasing Labor History Erasing Labor History
Maine Governor Paul LePage's secret removal of a mural celebrating the state's labor history is just one in a long line of struggles over publicly-funded depictions of American wor...
Jun 29, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Heise Bolten
Republicans Increase Pressure on Chris Christie to Run for President Republicans Increase Pressure on Chris Christie to Run for President
Our candidates don’t measure up. Compared to Chris their thoughts are woolly. Let’s draft him now. It’s obvious That what we need’s a proper bully.
Jun 28, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pakistan v. Pakistan: On Anatol Lieven Pakistan v. Pakistan: On Anatol Lieven
For Anatol Lieven, Pakistan is a dangerous, fearsome country, a hard place to live and harder still to govern.
Jun 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Fatima Bhutto
The Pundits Analyze Sarah Palin’s Tour The Pundits Analyze Sarah Palin’s Tour
So Palin’s gone out on the stump. Or is she just a female Trump— A person eager for each mention For purposes of brand extension?
Jun 16, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Children’s Hospital: On David Foster Wallace The Children’s Hospital: On David Foster Wallace
Vulnerability was what made David Foster Wallace so beloved, but it often led him to surrender too much in his fiction.
Jun 15, 2011 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz