Behind Enemy Lines Behind Enemy Lines
New scholarship sheds light on Osama bin Laden's rhetoric, charisma and complex religious and political vision.
Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Raffi Khatchadourian
Adieu, Scott McClellan Adieu, Scott McClellan
Goodbye to a Bush official who has been remarkably consistent.
Apr 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Beckett at 100 Beckett at 100
No playwright has given plainer witness to the planet's most violent century or borne such loving witness to the dispossessed.
Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Margaret Spillane
A Darker Shade of Noir A Darker Shade of Noir
Walter Mosley's Fortunate Son is a serious novel about intimately connected yet diametrically opposed black and white stepbrothers.
Apr 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau
Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation
The Pentagon chief has been too wrong for too long.
Apr 20, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Remember ‘The Jungle’! Remember ‘The Jungle’!
As Upton Sinclair's novel turns 100, it reminds us that the best way to nurture pride in America is to see its underbelly--and tell the truth about it.
Apr 17, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Mattson
John Yoo’s Tortured Logic John Yoo’s Tortured Logic
The Berkeley law professor's carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for lawless behavior.
Apr 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
If This Isn’t War If This Isn’t War
A musical answer to a bellicose question, with apologies to Yip Harburg and Burton Lane.
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Gospel of Scooter The Gospel of Scooter
A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
Apr 12, 2006 / Feature / Richard Lingeman
The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures
It can now be revealed that Justice Antonin Scalia has compiled his own secret list of Sicilian hand gestures expressing subtle jurisprudential points.
Apr 10, 2006 / Feature / Garrett Epps