Terra Incognita Terra Incognita
A mosaic of anecdotes and historical snapshots surveys the sociological diversity of France, past and present.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Judith Regan’s Lawsuit Against Fox News Judith Regan’s Lawsuit Against Fox News
This is only going to get more interesting.
Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Studs’s People Studs’s People
For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Harry Maurer
Moyers & FDR Moyers & FDR
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Bill Moyers
President Rudy’s War Council President Rudy’s War Council
Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.
Nov 21, 2007 / Peter C. Baker
War Novelist War Novelist
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. By Norman Mailer.
Rinehart and Company. $4.
Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ira Wolfert
The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest
Lapham's Quarterly makes its debut, seeking to explain the present with illuminations from the past.
Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Evan Cornog
Triumph of the Wills Triumph of the Wills
A new apologia for Anglo-Saxon noblesse oblige needs a reality check.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook
Rules of the Game Rules of the Game
A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country's decline.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes
Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up? Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?
The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry