News of a Kidnapping News of a Kidnapping
Reviews of The Road to Guantanamo and Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul.
Jun 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Frank Church’s Quixotic Vision Frank Church’s Quixotic Vision
A Father's Day remembrance of a courageous politician who, in an earlier era, challenged America to resist the apostles of fear who would barter liberty for false security.
Jun 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Forrest Church
The Circle of Responsibility The Circle of Responsibility
If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rul
Jun 13, 2006 / Feature / Richard Falk
Heat Wave Heat Wave
As the planet warms and global catastrophe beckons, what changes are we willing to make to adjust to a brave new world? Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert seek answers in two provo...
Jun 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
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