Books and Ideas

The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger

During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.

Dec 6, 2007 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War

War? What war?

Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Dreamlife Without Angels Dreamlife Without Angels

John Ashbery has given us the ideal poetry for the Information Age.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Orwelled Orwelled

A recent collection of essays brings George Orwell into the new millennium.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Dark Rooms Dark Rooms

Susie Linfield | The photographers who documented the Spanish Civil War captured the heart of battle in ways that now seem iconic but were then radically new.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming ‘O Tannenbaum’ Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming ‘O Tannenbaum’

Great hair and lots of money can't get you everything.

Nov 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Taxaholics Anonymous Taxaholics Anonymous

My name is Annabelle, and I love paying taxes.

Nov 28, 2007 / Annabelle Gurwitch

Pointe Work Pointe Work

Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss

Many Exits Many Exits

Philip Roth's Exit Ghost considers whether we're astonished by death or the life that precedes it.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Matt Weiland

The Nijinsky of Ambivalence The Nijinsky of Ambivalence

During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation's experience through his prodigious ego.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Morris Dickstein

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