A My Lai a Month A My Lai a Month
In Operation Speedy Express, new evidence of civilian slaughter and cover-up in Vietnam.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Remembering Studs Remembering Studs
Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
On the Trashing of Sarah Palin On the Trashing of Sarah Palin
It wasn't her idea, was it?
Nov 12, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Texas Texas
A star is just a smudge on magnified glass. I have never been more disappointed. Nietzsche takes a saunter along the border because it is warm enough to step out at night. Malevolent blobs dance at his feet. This is when we pause to speak in sleep. Our eyes follow the lights while we ponder which is worse: Nothing or something you don't recognize.
Nov 12, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Fanny Howe
Que Sera, Sarah? Que Sera, Sarah?
As Sarah Palin goes back to Alaska, take a moment to appreciate some other Sarahs.
Nov 7, 2008 / Column / Annabelle Gurwitch
In Defense of Studs Terkel In Defense of Studs Terkel
Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn
The Colbert Report: The Word–‘Change’ The Colbert Report: The Word–‘Change’
Colbert laments that many 'hard-working scaremongers' may lose their job now that Obama has won the presidency.
Nov 6, 2008 / Video / The Colbert Report
The Dread of Failure: On Desplechin and Kaufman The Dread of Failure: On Desplechin and Kaufman
Reviews: Arnaud Desplechin's enchanted A Christmas Tale and Charlie Kaufman's brilliant Synedoche, New York.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction
An appraisal of Rainer Maria Rilke's novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal
Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France
Robert Gildea examines France between the revolution and World War I.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr