Portrait of Truman Portrait of Truman
The mysterious Missourian who has just stepped into some very big shoes.
Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Margaret Marshall
Mahler’s Body Mahler’s Body
Gustav Mahler's embrace of Germanness and battles with anti-Semitism.
Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Iron Hans Iron Hans
Novelist Hans Fallada resented the constraints of the Nazi era but did not desist in his craft.
Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal
On a Confession of Adultery by Senator John Ensign On a Confession of Adultery by Senator John Ensign
Another creepy GOP sex scandal.
Jun 23, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon
The empire ends with a pullout. Not from Iraq, but from Detroit.
Jun 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
The New York World: A Journal of Duality The New York World: A Journal of Duality
The New York World is Pulitzer's greatest prize.
Jun 22, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard
Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill
He was to the British what Jerry Lewis is to the French--much to the amusement of The Nation.
Jun 22, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
I’d Prefer Bill Douglas I’d Prefer Bill Douglas
He won't be the next president of the United States--but Fred Rodell says he ought to be.
Jun 18, 2009 / Feature / Fred Rodell
Seed Projects: The Fiction of Alejandro Zambra Seed Projects: The Fiction of Alejandro Zambra
Does Alejandro Zambra's Bonsai mark the end of an era in Chilean literature?
Jun 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes
A World Apart? : The White House and the Middle East A World Apart? : The White House and the Middle East
A shrewd history of why US presidents have failed to make Israel accept a plan for regional peace.
Jun 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai