Our National Torture Policy Our National Torture Policy
As Zero Dark Thirty reminds us, Americans have yet to face the torture committed on our behalf.
Dec 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Van Buren
Exploring the Noir Forties: A Q&A With Richard Lingeman Exploring the Noir Forties: A Q&A With Richard Lingeman
Lingeman’s new book looks at postwar America through the lens of film noir.
Dec 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Rhyme Is All I’ve Got: A Q&A With Calvin Trillin Rhyme Is All I’ve Got: A Q&A With Calvin Trillin
How do you rhyme “Obama” with “Yokahama”?
Dec 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Raises Dark Memories ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Raises Dark Memories
What's really bothering us is not whether torture works but that Americans are torturers.
Dec 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
In Drug War, Small Victories Are Not the Revolution. Director Eugene Jarecki [VIDEO] In Drug War, Small Victories Are Not the Revolution. Director Eugene Jarecki [VIDEO]
November's victories at the ballot box show the drug war is vulnerable.
Dec 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
Homeland’s Anti-Drone Message Hits Obama at Home Homeland’s Anti-Drone Message Hits Obama at Home
One of Obama’s favorite TV shows warns him directly against the terror of drones.
Dec 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan
A More Imperfect Union: On the European Central Bank A More Imperfect Union: On the European Central Bank
How a central bank created to exist apart from politics got drawn into bitter political arguments.
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell
A Dash for It: On Lisa Cohen A Dash for It: On Lisa Cohen
The unconventional story of three women and their unconventional lives in the early twentieth century.
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Glamour Suits Glamour Suits
Sam Mendez’s Skyfall, David O. Russell’s Silver Lining Playbook, Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone, Katheryn Bigelow’s Zero ...
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Back Back
Chuang Tzu asked the skull: what do you want? The skull said: to be rushing among all those who seem still tumbling from bed, to shower, to street, to work, hair still wet. The river wind must feel even fresher for them, a cold crown to their thoughts, as they marvel at the day’s news about minerals found on meteorites… I want to be, the skull said, back in New York.
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Donahue