Books and Ideas

Zinn-ophobia at NPR Zinn-ophobia at NPR

NPR's attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard ...

Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Not Even Bing’s: On Louis Armstrong Not Even Bing’s: On Louis Armstrong

Terry Teachout's new biography of Louis Armstrong is stuck in the discophile groove.

Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

The Renunciation Artist: On Leo Tolstoy The Renunciation Artist: On Leo Tolstoy

The axis of moral struggle, a stroke of salvation--these are the spiritual dimensions of Tolstoy's late fiction.

Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’ ‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’

Blankfein's bonus: too petite?

Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Howard Zinn

Zinn’s Critical History Zinn’s Critical History

Howard Zinn's writings remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the upheavals of the '60s

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Howard Zinn, 1922-2010 Howard Zinn, 1922-2010

Remembering the pragmatic radical.

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Antonin Scalia

Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia

Who is the purest archetype of the conservative legal movement, Antonin Scalia or John Roberts?

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Swing Time: On Morris Dickstein Swing Time: On Morris Dickstein

Morris Dickstein's elegant cultural history of the Great Depression.

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan

Blackwater, Again Blackwater, Again

Secretive shmeering...

Feb 3, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Howard Zinn speaks into a microphone at the 2009 Sundance Music Festival on January 22, 2009 in Park City, Utah.

Remembering Howard Zinn Remembering Howard Zinn

Friends of The Nation and of Howard Zinn offer recollections of the man, his work, and his impact on thinkers and activists.

Feb 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors

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