Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right
Want us to jump? How high?
Mar 1, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Empire Fall Empire Fall
A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Lincoln’s Antiwar Record Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Winter Light Winter Light
Feb 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Remembering Norma Rae Remembering Norma Rae
Why does Hollywood render unions and the working class invisible?
Feb 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Nathan and Jo-Ann Mort
The Strains of Inspiration The Strains of Inspiration
The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge's fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée
Liberalism’s Lost Libretto Liberalism’s Lost Libretto
Tom Stoppard's epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia's revolution.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat
The ultimate test of patriotism.
Feb 22, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sect Symbols Sect Symbols
To understand why the playground of Beirut has again become a battleground, look beyond the myth-making biographies of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annia Ciezadlo
White History 101 White History 101
Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge