Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run
New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Made in USA Made in USA
Two books about Kofi Annan illuminate the controlling relationship between the US and the United Nations.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
‘Additional Troop Increase Approved’ ‘Additional Troop Increase Approved’
The real meaning of "surge."
Mar 15, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Robert Engler Robert Engler
Remembering the political economist who brought to contemporary issues the research and philosophical vision of a scholar.
Mar 15, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
King of Calypso King of Calypso
In praise of Harry Belafonte, on his eightieth birthday.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley
Soft-Core Sexism Soft-Core Sexism
If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero
Polling experts say that Bush's numbers are at an all-time low, and that only certain toxic molds have come close to those numbers in the past.
Mar 12, 2007 / Editorial / Eric Kenning
Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad
The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.
Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Spoils of Indian Democracy The Spoils of Indian Democracy
Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
The Restless Mind The Restless Mind
At the Same Time, Susan Sontag's posthumous collection of essays and speeches, reveals her rapt attention to the world around her.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Harding