Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll
When will we stop living in the '60s?
Feb 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
Art and Propaganda Art and Propaganda
Using fear and the classic tools of persuasion, the Bush Administration has subverted American mythology and our national character.
Feb 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Milton Glaser
Fourteen Little Words Fourteen Little Words
First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Chavez’s Fix Chavez’s Fix
Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson
The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam
Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods. So was the war necessary?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden
The History of Hope The History of Hope
Voters drawn to Barack Obama are often criticized as naive. But appeals to our collective hope for a more decent society are core to the American experience.
Feb 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier
The Film We Dreamed The Film We Dreamed
In Zeroville, Steve Erickson explores New Hollywood's promise and doom and the dissolution of cinema into spectacle.
Feb 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
Revolutionary States Revolutionary States
Two new books take a closer look at the "Soviet monster" in an age of lazy, anti-Communist rhetoric.
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny
All the Whiskey in Heaven All the Whiskey in Heaven
Not for all the whiskey in heaven Not for all the flies in Vermont Not for all the tears in the basement Not for a million trips to Mars
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Bernstein
Chafee Chastened Chafee Chastened
In his recent memoir, former GOP insider Lincoln Chafee boldly decries the Bush era.
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press