Books and Ideas

An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War

Comic books, once the source of cultural panic, have achieved a dominant hold on the public imagination.

Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan

On Sarah Palin’s Revelations of God’s Will On Sarah Palin’s Revelations of God’s Will

God's girlfriend is never wrong.

Sep 9, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Sarah, Will UB My BFF? Sarah, Will UB My BFF?

U R so right: With the beehive and schoolmarm glasses, people really take you seriously!

Sep 5, 2008 / Editorial / Annabelle Gurwitch

Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte

Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.

Sep 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America

William Eskridge's Dishonorable Passions is the first comprehensive history of sodomy law in America.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Margot Canaday

An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace

An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans

The GOP's prayers are answered.

Sep 3, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

All Aboard All Aboard

Tumbled down an incline at Bash Bish Broke many things; it was still spring

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernadette Mayer

The Daily Show Does the DNC The Daily Show Does the DNC

John Stewart checks in with his crack team of reporters for the latest developments at the DNC.

Aug 27, 2008 / Video / The Daily Show

Making History Making History

Progressives are saying this is a moment of transformational politics. Is the party leadership listening?

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

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