Class Consciousness Class Consciousness
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford explores the contradictions of a social revolutionary possessed of an aristocrat's sense of the wrong and right kind of people.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
The Collaborator The Collaborator
The Unfree French looks at the German occupation of Vichy; Bad Faith is a grim biography of a French collaborator.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Laura Kipnis's The Female Thing takes women to task for perpetuating the notion that they're vulnerable.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Getting Even Getting Even
Roald Dahl's Collected Stories are best enjoyed by adult readers who take their humor black.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Amidon
Not Dark Yet Not Dark Yet
Gore Vidal's Point to Point Navigation is a brave and continuous affirmation of life and an assurance that though the Republic has been betrayed, we are not to give up hope.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Michael Wood
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day is actually four stories, each replete with brilliant patter, fancy footwork, wishful thinking and a plaintive ukulele.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
On When We Can Leave Iraq On When We Can Leave Iraq
Can you say "never"?
Nov 22, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Vulcans Triumphant: The Victory Bash Vulcans Triumphant: The Victory Bash
Republicans in Congress have set aside $20 million for a gala in Washington to celebrate victory in Iraq and Afghanistan. The party may be postponed for a while, but the program h...
Nov 21, 2006 / Feature / Evan Eisenberg
Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution
In response to a Nov. 7 referendum, state lawmakers end the highly controversial process.
Nov 21, 2006 / From The Onion / The Nation
CNN Renews This Week At War For Next Eight Seasons CNN Renews This Week At War For Next Eight Seasons
"A premise like this can go on for a generation," says CNN President Jonathan Klein.
Nov 20, 2006 / From The Onion / The Nation