Culture

On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising

As a candidate, Mitt is now legit.

Apr 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Body Language Body Language

A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.

Mar 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Lam

That’s the Way of the World That’s the Way of the World

Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

A Mannerist in Madrid A Mannerist in Madrid

Jacopo Tintoretto outshines Michelangelo, but his work is rarely seen outside of Venice.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

A Free Man A Free Man

Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laurent Dubois

On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals

Inventing Human Rights traces the roots of humanitarian concern back to the eighteenth century. But there's a world of difference between then and now.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth

The truth gets whacked on Fredo's watch.

Mar 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Pinkerton’s Men Pinkerton’s Men

The Nation says that Pinkerton's mercenary police force is "the greatest disgrace that has befallen the United States." That was putting it mildly.

Mar 27, 2007 / Feature / The Nation

Goodbye, Baltimore Goodbye, Baltimore

In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin

Mr. Dynamite Splits Mr. Dynamite Splits

A poem in tribute to the passing of James Brown.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Sayers Ellis

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