A Klatch of Civilizations A Klatch of Civilizations
As Survivor races to the bottom by dividing this season's contenders into race-based tribes, perhaps we can look to Starbucks for new models of how to blend in.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded
Don't worry--it only feels like you're drowning.
Sep 14, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Stargazer Stargazer
Andy Warhol's eye for significant banality transformed the familiar into art. Ric Burns's new American Masters documentary traces the roots of Warhol's smirking genius.
Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Bush’s Sitcom Nominee Bush’s Sitcom Nominee
Warren Bell honed his reputation writing sitcoms and lobbing politically incorrect bombs for National Review Online. Now he's Bush's nominee for the Corporation for Public Broadcas...
Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Celia Viggo Wexler
ABC 9/11 Docudrama’s Right-Wing Roots ABC 9/11 Docudrama’s Right-Wing Roots
How conservative zealot David Horowitz produced and promoted ABC's flawed docudrama, The Path to 9/11.
Sep 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Blumenthal
US Dedicates $64 Billion to Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts US Dedicates $64 Billion to Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts
Director Of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte gives details.
Sep 11, 2006 / The Nation
Big in Japan Big in Japan
Reviews of Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Hollywoodland and This Film Is Not Yet Rated.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Unsentimental Education Unsentimental Education
A new memoir by Robert Hughes reveals the idiosyncratic sensibility of a celebrated art critic.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens
Londonistan Calling Londonistan Calling
Gautam Malkani's new novel explores the cross-section of youth culture, heritage and identity in London's polyglot, postcolonial neighborhoods.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge
Ottoman Ghosts Ottoman Ghosts
Caroline Finkel's new book, Osman's Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare