A Peaceful Mother’s Day A Peaceful Mother’s Day
Mother's Day was originally conceived to recognize the power of women to be instruments of peace.
May 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greenwald
America’s Idiotic Political Debates America’s Idiotic Political Debates
All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?
May 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Infantile Liberalism Infantile Liberalism
"I encourage you all to go shopping more," advised President Bush at a press conference last winter. Shop and prime the pump, goes the idea. Spring for a plasma television set an...
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
Revolutionary Devotion Revolutionary Devotion
Communism, Catholicism and radical Modernism meet on the dissecting table of César Vallejo's poetry.
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roberto González Echevarría
Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker
Sinking Tenet's "slam dunk."
May 2, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Cafe Society Cafe Society
Clive James's erudite new collection of essays celebrates the best of twentieth-century art, thought and politics.
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Stranger in the City Stranger in the City
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant's unrequited love affair with the American Dream.
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Tara Gallagher
Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII
Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal
A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad
Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.
Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Roads to Freedom Roads to Freedom
A rich crop of new books offers fresh insight into the ongoing struggle for civil rights in America.
Apr 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David L. Chappell