Mountain Views Mountain Views
Angus Burgin revisits Friedrich Hayek’s Mont Pelerin Society in The Great Persuasion.
Jul 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Leakonomics: Edward Snowden and the Pirates Leakonomics: Edward Snowden and the Pirates
Bounties on the mutineers demonstrate the limits of transparency.
Jul 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Surveillance Blowback Surveillance Blowback
The making of the US surveillance state, 1898–2020.
Jul 16, 2013 / Alfred W. McCoy
Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes
From his release from a Gulag in 1953 to his death in Moscow this week, Anton had one mission: ‘To unmask Stalin, his henchmen and their heirs.’
Jul 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fourth of July and the Meaning of Patriotism This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fourth of July and the Meaning of Patriotism
In our first issue, just after the Civil War, we wrote that in 89 years of celebrating the Fourth of July, never before did Americans have more to rejoice about on Independence Day...
Jul 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA The Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA
“The court invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to gay couples who are legally married in their states.” —NBC News Those not in catacombs in Roma Will know the court has struck down DOMA. That’s great for gays in, say, Tacoma— Unless they move to Oklahoma.
Jul 3, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
How the Powerful Derail Accountability: The Case of Intelligence Reform (Part II) How the Powerful Derail Accountability: The Case of Intelligence Reform (Part II)
When momentum gathered to reign in the national security state in 1976, the powers that be struck back with a distraction campaign that worked.
Jul 2, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Ground Zero Sum Ground Zero Sum
The architecture of the new World Trade Center buildings emphasizes that their business is none of ours.
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Natural Born Killers Natural Born Killers
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours, Eliav Lilti’s Israel: A Home Movie, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Enemy of the State
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans