Portrait of Truman Portrait of Truman
The mysterious Missourian who has just stepped into some very big shoes.
Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Margaret Marshall
Just a Game? Just a Game?
Agnès Varda's The Beaches of Agnès, Havana Marking's Afghan Star
Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
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
Ground Control Ground Control
Hollowed-out bones are more buoyant, like the stray dog wagging its tail while following us back to the car. You asked if we could keep it; I said that whatever gets buried eventually climbs out of its hole, and just because something can float doesn't mean it can swim. So I'll hold this snackpack close to my chest as we head toward open water, especially now that meals have been discontinued on most long-distance flights, but people still want to fly.
Jun 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alan Gilbert
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