The Business of America The Business of America
The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Zippie World! Zippie World!
A look at Thomas Friedman's flattened world.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Dissent or Assent? Dissent or Assent?
Michael Walzer's best book is not, unfortunately, his most influential.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity
One hundred years ago, in the wake of England's ruinous victory in the Boer War, a young Liberal politician excoriated the ruling Conservative Party and its imperial scam: "A par...
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
How the Other Half Votes How the Other Half Votes
For years the battle raged across my family's kitchen table.
May 27, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Lust for Life Lust for Life
The afterlife of Italian poet, novelist, critic and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini brings to mind some familiar lines from Auden's "In Memory of W.B.
Jan 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations
Consider this hypothetical situation.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba