Books and Ideas

Top McCain Aide Says That Another Terrorist Attack on the US Would Be to McCain’s Advantage in the Election Top McCain Aide Says That Another Terrorist Attack on the US Would Be to McCain’s Advantage in the Election

What a way to energize your base.

Jul 1, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

David Samuels and Journalism David Samuels and Journalism

The narrative journalism of David Samuels finds conversation, color and conflict in the vortex of American life.

Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

The CIA’s Failures The CIA’s Failures

The history of American intelligence-gathering is rife with incompetence, dysfunction and contempt toward legislative oversight.

Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Spencer Ackerman

Mission Accomplished

George W. Bush and the Politics of Knowledge Denial George W. Bush and the Politics of Knowledge Denial

Just as Moby-Dick was too much for Ahab, our new century may be too difficult for us to comprehend.

Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Doctorow

A Smear-cheer for Michelle Obama A Smear-cheer for Michelle Obama

Swiftboating with faint praise.

Jun 25, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Remembering Eliot Asinof Remembering Eliot Asinof

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.

Jun 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Kisseloff

Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence

Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.

Jun 22, 2008 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

Seeing Past the Gorgons Seeing Past the Gorgons

The New Yorker's art critic turns his eye toward the cultural summits.

Jun 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Novelist and the Murderers The Novelist and the Murderers

Francisco Goldman's The Art of Political Murder sparks calls for accountability in Central America's "kingdom of impunity."

Jun 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Popper

Tim Russert Tim Russert

Gone to his reward.

Jun 18, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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