Books and Ideas

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

Ill Will Ill Will

The most durable piece of Nazi propaganda may yet turn out to be the belief that Leni Riefenstahl is an artistic genius.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

It’s Doom Alone That Counts It’s Doom Alone That Counts

Georges Simenon's remarkable output includes investigative journalism, hardboiled novellas and dark psychological novels.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marco Roth

Your Voice Your Voice

Poem.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Coral Bracho

The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz

Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.

Apr 19, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Hiss In History Hiss In History

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.

Apr 18, 2007 / Editorial / Victor Navasky

Tangled in Table Talk Tangled in Table Talk

Candidates are eager to "keep all options on the table," but where's the table?

Apr 17, 2007 / Feature / Eric Kenning

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, who passed away Wednesday, will be remembered for his brilliant, cynical and often depressing humor.

Apr 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

The Necessary Miracle The Necessary Miracle

The following speech was delivered this spring at Mark Twain's house in Hartford.

Apr 12, 2007 / Feature / Kurt Vonnegut

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