Men in Dark Times Men in Dark Times
"I am very happy to see so many flowers here and that is why I want to remind you that flowers, by themselves, have no power whatsoever, other than the power of men and women who...
Jan 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
The Rebirth of the Modern The Rebirth of the Modern
The letterhead of Columbia University, where I taught for four decades, reads in full "Columbia University in the City of New York," not because there is much likelihood that any...
Jan 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil
Adorno said, as we all know, that writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric. This is not to say, as many imagine, that writing poetry after Auschwitz is to be forbidden, or is i...
Jan 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
Music for Change Music for Change
Springsteen's got it right: No retreat.
Jan 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jenny Toomey and Rob Rosenthal
Pundit Limbo: How Low Can They Go? Pundit Limbo: How Low Can They Go?
What do Robert Novak and Armstrong Williams have to do before they're completely discredited?
Jan 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Geezerstock Geezerstock
When I was a kid--this was before television--the radio was my best friend.
Jan 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Paul Krassner
The Inflation of the Attorney-General The Inflation of the Attorney-General
This essay, from the October 1, 1874, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on t...
Jan 12, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Before Night Falls Before Night Falls
The Chilean coup of 1973 was carried out with a Lone Ranger comic book, a bicycle and several cans of condensed milk.
Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Infinite Jest Infinite Jest
This past March, on the closing day of an international literary conference held in Krakow, Poland, an elderly woman stood up before hundreds of scholars and admirers gathered to...
Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff
And Justice for All And Justice for All
Affirmative action, in theory, is a matter of distributive justice, which is why liberals and progressives tend to look benevolently on it while conservatives and libertarians co...
Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Michael Bérubé