New England New England
In New England the equipmental quality of equipment was discovered, the cleaning lady was deported, ants invade the attic and this is sad. There is no Bronx River Expressway there are single beds and shutters and rafters and a flash of lightning in the sky. There are thoughts like Old World, New World, Bank Vault and Whale. Happiness is a battering ram of one if by land two if by tiptoe, three if by a haunted house intrepid in its scholars, o'wearied in its deep.
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Lisa Jarnot
The Communist Manifesto Turns 160 The Communist Manifesto Turns 160
As Karl Marx's opus marks a big birthday, capitalism seems willing to mark the occasion by dropping dead.
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Will Letterman and Saturday Night Live Help Defeat McCain? Will Letterman and Saturday Night Live Help Defeat McCain?
If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.
Sep 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adam Howard
America Needs a New New Deal America Needs a New New Deal
We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.
Sep 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Eric Schlosser
Archive: Bearing Witness in Mississippi Archive: Bearing Witness in Mississippi
As the eyes of the nation are focused on the University of Mississippi for the presidential debate, The Nation archive yields insights on key events in Mississippi during the civi...
Sep 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marissa Colón-Margolies and Erica Landau
The Dark Bailout The Dark Bailout
While the financial crisis is nothing to joke about, the Joker from The Dark Knight couldn't be any worse than George W. Bush
Sep 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / YouTube
Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’ Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’
A new history celebrates the nineteenth-century roots of humanitarian intervention and glosses over their imperial pretensions.
Sep 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Homing Patterns: Marilynne Robinson’s Fiction Homing Patterns: Marilynne Robinson’s Fiction
Marilynne Robinson's new novel explores faith, loneliness and the national passion play of race.
Sep 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Darkness Becomes Him Darkness Becomes Him
A French pundit's short journey from Maoism to the cult of moi.
Sep 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott McLemee
Wall Street and Washington Wall Street and Washington
Washington's mission may, at this late date, be an even greater one than Roosevelt's New Deal faced.
Sep 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser