Boxed In Boxed In
In his new short story collection In Persuasion Nation, absurdist extraordinaire George Saunders offers a surreal depiction of the destruction of individuality through consumer meg...
Jun 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Vince Passaro
The Zionist Imagination The Zionist Imagination
As the founding father of the Zionist right, Vladimir Jabotinsky rejected Diaspora existence. Yet in his 1935 novel The Five he tenderly evoked it, offering a glimpse of something ...
Jun 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jacqueline Rose
As the Republican Base Grows Restive, George Bush and Bill Frist Receive Some Marching Orders From Karl Rove and Co. As the Republican Base Grows Restive, George Bush and Bill Frist Receive Some Marching Orders From Karl Rove and Co.
A vote to ban gay marriage always works like a charm.
Jun 8, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
P-Funk Politics P-Funk Politics
As hurricane season began in earnest, Ray Nagin, who famously declared New Orleans a "chocolate city," began his second term as mayor. What better time to appreciate the way Georg...
Jun 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Ned Sublette
The Rockies Pitch Religion The Rockies Pitch Religion
The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Major League Baseball woos evangelicals with special "Faith Days at the Park." Something's go...
Jun 2, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
Local Hero Local Hero
Reviews of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, A Prairie Home Companion and The Da Vinci Code.
Jun 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Reasonable Cause Reasonable Cause
Imagine cities you've Inhabited, streets Paved in lava stone. You never intended to pray In the temples, had Nothing to sell. Now imagine yourself Returning to those same cities. The river flows, the summit Emerges each morning from the haze. Hunt for people you knew, Knock on their doors. Ask yourself Where are the vases, animals Etched in gold? Where are the wines From distant places, Banquets ferreted From the bowels of the earth? While you were missing Other people wore Your garments, Slept in your bed. How frightening The man who said In his affliction Wood has hope. Cut down It will flourish. If the root grows old And the trunk withers In dust, at the scent of water It will germinate.
Jun 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
The Missionary Position The Missionary Position
Like radical Islamists and American interventionists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali's The Caged Virgin and Irshad Manji's The Trouble With Islam Today express great concern for Muslim women. But...
Jun 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Bush Is Asked Again If He Can Recall Any Mistakes Bush Is Asked Again If He Can Recall Any Mistakes
A contrite Commander in Chief will watch his words from here on.
Jun 1, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Cellmates’ Reunion Cellmates’ Reunion
Desperate for medical care, an ailing granny pies the President and finds a soft bed in a country club prison. It's enough to make you go out and commit a crime.
Jun 1, 2006 / Editorial / Barbara Garson