Sloppy Seconds Sloppy Seconds
The plagiarism flap over Opal Mehta is essentially a story about clichés and stereotypes passing from one subliterary commercial product to another.
May 4, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith
Longtime Nation Associate John Kenneth Galbraith is best remembered not only as a New Dealer, old-line liberal or Keynesian economist but as a contrarian and independent thinker.
May 4, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
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.
May 2, 2006 / Feature / Richard Lingeman
From Piety to Politics From Piety to Politics
Three new books examine the distinctions between religious and political Islam.
Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mahmood Mamdani
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