Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum
A conversation with the author of From Disgust to Humanity about various forms of opposition to gay equality.
Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Alexander Haig Dies; Said He Was in Charge After Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig Dies; Said He Was in Charge After Reagan Was Shot
As if.
Feb 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
‘Avatar’: The Prequel ‘Avatar’: The Prequel
Will earth's last stand sweep the 2013 Oscars?
Feb 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare
A Hard Week On the Planet A Hard Week On the Planet
Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and the science behind global warming.
Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland
Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland's favorite things.
Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning
The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.
Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch and a president's prodigious appetite for vindication before the bar of history.
Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Set Apart Set Apart
Set apart from the compound friction of forest, a rough-barked bur oak, mostly trunk, outlives its understory. A sapling in 1700, it rose like smoke from leaf litter, a totem for those who told tales vertically, every episode the offspring of earth and sky. Carotenoids flare through its vascular system in slow time, releasing aromas of black tea and tobacco. Winter-hardened, the oak endures, a column supporting nothing but its own fixed extension. The fine point of a feeding warbler-- a drifting spark or cursor-- ghosts its crown.
Feb 17, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Devin Johnston
Senator Mellencamp? Senator Mellencamp?
The guy who put populist politics on the charts with a song title "Pink Houses" John Mellencamp performed at the White House last week, as part of a program titled: "...
Feb 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
No Medals for Olympics Opener No Medals for Olympics Opener
Not to be too tough on the organizers of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics, but how come someone else had to sing the Leonard Cohen song?
Feb 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols