Soldiers of Conscience Soldiers of Conscience
A peace activist argues that if soldiers like Lieut. Ehren Watada succeed in convincing the courts that they have a right to refuse to fight in unjust and illegal wars, the world w...
Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Staughton Lynd
Take Back Our Country Take Back Our Country
Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled times.
Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elsie Fox
A Politics of the Common Good A Politics of the Common Good
A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It's not going to be easy, but it's time to rock t...
Jul 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wartime Lies Wartime Lies
As Nazis dropped bombs in Warsaw, poet Czeslaw Milosz wrote a collection of literary criticism that sought to trace the rise of totalitarianism by deconstructing the mythologies of...
Dec 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Snyder
The Buzz and the Fury The Buzz and the Fury
Faulkner does Oprah.
Aug 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
As I Lay Reading As I Lay Reading
William Faulkner makes Oprah's Book Club this summer.
Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / J.M. Tyree
‘Random’ Destruction ‘Random’ Destruction
Once again, changes at Random House have made headlines in papers throughout the country.
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
Mr. Feiffer Regrets Mr. Feiffer Regrets
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jules Feiffer
Oprah Learns Her Lesson Oprah Learns Her Lesson
Is this it? The end of the Oprah Book Club as we know it? It's Thursday, April 4, at approximately 3:45 pm. In less than twenty-four hours, virtually everyone in America will ...
May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Rooney
Why Dubya Can’t Read Why Dubya Can’t Read
The poor guy is obviously dyslexic, and dyslexic to the point of near-illiteracy.
Sep 24, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens