The Prison Notebooks The Prison Notebooks
Nikolai Bukharin's Philosophical Arabesques is more than a cul-de-sac on the road from Marx to Stalin; the book defines a political path still not taken.
Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny
Journals of the Purge Years Journals of the Purge Years
Revolution on My Mind is a new analysis of personal diaries written in the shadow of Stalin.
Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick
Same Old Song Same Old Song
American history is marked by waves of immigrants--from Germans in the eighteenth century to Mexicans in the twenty-first--and by nativist backlashes against them.
Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Tichenor
‘Mushroom Cloud’ Rice, The Icy Spinmeister, Tries Again ‘Mushroom Cloud’ Rice, The Icy Spinmeister, Tries Again
Condi takes her "birth pangs" mantra on the road.
Aug 10, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Caltech Physicists Successfully Split the Bill Caltech Physicists Successfully Split the Bill
Scientists emerge exhausted but visibly excited Friday from a Pasadena Cheesecake Factory.
Aug 6, 2006 / From The Onion / The Nation
Bush Postpones 2008 Election Bush Postpones 2008 Election
In a news brief from the future, Bush continues to do whatever it takes to protect us from terror.
Jul 31, 2006 / Editorial / Stephen Gillers
War-Torn Mideast Seeks Solace In Religion War-Torn Mideast Seeks Solace In Religion
Who knew?
Jul 30, 2006 / From The Onion / The Nation
Funk Congress at an Impasse Funk Congress at an Impasse
GetUplicans deadlock with GetDownocrats.
Jul 30, 2006 / From The Onion / The Nation
With Feathers With Feathers
In Lunacy, order and liberty wriggle with equal parts Poe and Sade. In Scoop, recycled sleuthing gags masquerade as timely satire.
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Global Village The Global Village
What does it mean to be from a place? In Monica Ali's new novel, Alentejo Blue, the collision of locals, expatriates and tourists shatters any simple answers to the question.
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Nell Freudenberger