Wolfowitz’s New Comb Wolfowitz’s New Comb
Almost a year has passed since Iraq War architect and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz became president of the World Bank -- and the reviews have been slow to come, largely...
May 11, 2006 / The Nation
White House, NSA Block Investigation of Spying White House, NSA Block Investigation of Spying
With news reports exposing the National Security Agency's previously secret spying on the phone conversations of tens of millions of Americans, what is the status of the U.S. Depa...
May 11, 2006 / John Nichols
Woman Warrior Woman Warrior
Iran Awakening is the memoir of Shirin Ebadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to hold Iran's clerical regime accountable for its gross human rights violation...
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Reza Aslan
Zones of Disengagement Zones of Disengagement
In Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain, Stefan Collini encapsulates the paradoxes that dominate discussion of the English cultural landscape.
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Vinen
The Book of Daniels The Book of Daniels
Michel Houellebecq's The Possibility of an Island has at last landed on American shores, along with Pierre Mérot's Mammals.
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Dining With Devils Dining With Devils
Wole Soyinka's You Must Set Forth at Dawn is a captivating memoir of the political and cultural dilemmas the author and activist encountered, and a compelling chronicle of Nigeria'...
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
The Sheltering Shy The Sheltering Shy
Satirist Alan Bennett's Untold Stories is a packed suitcase of a book by one of Britain's finest writers, exploring the ra
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Thomson
High Culture, Low Politics High Culture, Low Politics
In The Seduction of Culture in German History, Wolf Lepenies reflects on shifting manifestations of German philosophy and culture and considers the lessons they offer for Europe an...
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Andreas Huyssen
The Body Artist The Body Artist
Two biographies of Thomas Eakins reveal the art world's attitudes about the painter's bodily obsessions: Was he a curious innocent, a brilliant anatomist or a dirty old man?
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Plagens
For Reasons of State For Reasons of State
Two new books on the French Revolution examine Robespierre's role in advocating terror as an instrument of government, raising compelling questions about state-sponsored terror in ...
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Lynn Hunt