Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud

The pioneering psychoanalyst suffered so greatly in his last years that his death comes as a great relief to his friends

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Karl Menninger

Slide Show: The Nation’s Presidents Slide Show: The Nation’s Presidents

Jun 25, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

One View of Eisenhower One View of Eisenhower

Ike takes a drive down the middle of the road.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Joseph C. Harsch

General Douglas MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur

Roger Baldwin, who spent three months working under MacArthur in Japan after World War II, remembers the general fondly.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Roger Baldwin

Portrait of Truman Portrait of Truman

The mysterious Missourian who has just stepped into some very big shoes.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Margaret Marshall

Mahler’s Body Mahler’s Body

Gustav Mahler's embrace of Germanness and battles with anti-Semitism.

Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Iron Hans Iron Hans

Novelist Hans Fallada resented the constraints of the Nazi era but did not desist in his craft.

Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal

On a Confession of Adultery by Senator John Ensign On a Confession of Adultery by Senator John Ensign

Another creepy GOP sex scandal.

Jun 23, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon

The empire ends with a pullout. Not from Iraq, but from Detroit.

Jun 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

The New York World: A Journal of Duality The New York World: A Journal of Duality

The New York World is Pulitzer's greatest prize.

Jun 22, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard