Today’s Color Line Today’s Color Line
America may have a black president—but very few other African-Americans have been elected to political office.
Jan 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Dwight Eisenhower & ‘The Nation’ Dwight Eisenhower & ‘The Nation’
The Nation was central to Eisenhower's understanding of the military-industrial complex.
Jan 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / James Ledbetter
Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia
Like Siberia itself, Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia seems simply to drift off into the distance.
Jan 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
A Secret Archive: On the Mexican Suitcase A Secret Archive: On the Mexican Suitcase
The 4,500 images in the recently discovered Mexican Suitcase deepen our understanding of photojournalism as well as the complexities of the Spanish Civil War.
Jan 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Dan Kaufman
The Gutted Writ: On Habeas Corpus The Gutted Writ: On Habeas Corpus
Habeas corpus rescued Walter Rideau from an unjust prison sentence, but during its long history the great writ has been used to muffle the sighs of prisoners as much as to reliev...
Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Perkinson
Shelf Life: On Philip Guston, Carolee Scheemann and Ilya Kabakov Shelf Life: On Philip Guston, Carolee Scheemann and Ilya Kabakov
The truly consequential choices an artist makes are never experienced as choice but as necessity.
Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Spin Cycle: On Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly Spin Cycle: On Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly
Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly speak for a new technocracy, and their new books epitomize its myopia, libertarianism and frustration with the political system.
Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Paul Duguid
The American Civil War Still Being Fought The American Civil War Still Being Fought
Some dispute the role of slavery as the central cause of the war, but we remain prisoners of the past if we do not face this fact.
Dec 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
An Inventory of the Missing: On Frederic Tuten An Inventory of the Missing: On Frederic Tuten
Frederic Tuten's Self Portraits is a backward glance on life that's vital, wistful and filled with sweet ache.
Dec 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
Quote of the Day: Dr. K.’s Holocaust Quote of the Day: Dr. K.’s Holocaust
The ultimate "realist" goes a bit too far.
Dec 11, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss