After the Euphoria: On the Arab Uprisings After the Euphoria: On the Arab Uprisings
What are the new rules of the political game in the Middle East? Nobody knows, but Marc Lynch’s The Arab Uprising is a useful guide.
Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Cockburn
Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals
How in 1960s Berkeley the state waged a two-front war to stamp out opponents, real and imagined, to its rule.
Oct 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Steve Wasserman
What Remains: On the European Union What Remains: On the European Union
How the twentieth century’s confidence in social solidarity, human dignity and a better future died a slow, quiet death.
Sep 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy
Hard truths about lying in politics
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld
Behind the Bureau: On the FBI Behind the Bureau: On the FBI
Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
A World of Hillbilly Heroin A World of Hillbilly Heroin
The hollowing out of America, up close and personal.
Aug 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
For Real: Torture America Style For Real: Torture America Style
Institutionalized torture says not look what we can do, but look what we disown, what only the bad apples among us require.
Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil
Moral indignation is no longer enough to combat the power of Big Oil.
Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
The Great Disparity The Great Disparity
Timothy Noah and Charles Murray offer starkly different explanations of growing economic and social inequality in the United States.
Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / William Julius Wilson
Landlocked: On American Property Landlocked: On American Property
In the secret history of property law, property rests on the authority of the state.
Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Hendrik Hartog