Books and Ideas

A Life’s Sentence A Life’s Sentence

Maureen Howard's most recent novel is The Rags of Time.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Maureen Howard

Alexander Haig Dies; Said He Was in Charge After Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig Dies; Said He Was in Charge After Reagan Was Shot

As if.

Feb 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin

The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch and a president's prodigious appetite for vindication before the bar of history.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Foreign Aid Foreign Aid

Conspirators to the world.

Feb 17, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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

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