An Accelerated Grimace: On Cyber-Utopianism An Accelerated Grimace: On Cyber-Utopianism
Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus is the latest monotonous revery about the Internet social revolution. Evgeny Morozov punctures that bubble.
Mar 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Ronald Reagan Superstar Ronald Reagan Superstar
Reagan proved that deficits don't matter—and truth doesn't either.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution
Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World teaches us that US agricultural assistance in Asia during the cold war was a Green Counterrevolution.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff
Being in the World: On James Miller Being in the World: On James Miller
With Examined Lives, James Miller offers a serious and readable study of the relationship between philosophy and life conduct.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin
The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee The Swift Demise of Rep. Christopher Lee
A member of Congress named Christopher Lee— A buff enough member, we all would agree— Was hoping on Craigslist to go on a spree. So, shirtless, he posted a “How about me?”— Not knowing that someone with Google could see He wasn’t the guy he’d pretended to be, And, yes, he was married and thus hardly free. Now Christopher Lee is naught but debris.
Feb 16, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Donald Rumsfeld’s Memoir Donald Rumsfeld’s Memoir
The book is fat, the message slim: Mistakes were made, but not by him.
Feb 10, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Dishonoring Reagan Dishonoring Reagan
The former president set in motion a sizable slice of the fantasies destroying America.
Feb 10, 2011 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Crooked Sticks: On Utopianism Crooked Sticks: On Utopianism
At the utopian community of Fruitlands, vegetables were not only eaten. They were also imitated.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Ryan and Bachmann: A Response to the Responses Ryan and Bachmann: A Response to the Responses
A bore and a wacko! Together they caused Republican numbers to dwindle. And next year’s response? Some Republicans say, “So what was so bad about Jindal?”
Feb 3, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Why I Call Myself a Socialist Why I Call Myself a Socialist
Is the world really a stage?
Feb 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Wallace Shawn