Ink-Stained Marx Ink-Stained Marx
A look at the cantankerous dispatches he wrote as London correspondent for the New York Tribune puts the father of communism in a new light.
Oct 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / James Ledbetter
Latina America Lavishly Comes of Age Latina America Lavishly Comes of Age
The quinceañera has become a rite of passage for even the poorest Latina teens, another example of our most treasured rites debased at the cash register.
Oct 16, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Terry McMillan vs. Ghetto Lit Terry McMillan vs. Ghetto Lit
Driven by a tabloid episode from her own marriage, the novelist joins the debate over the mass marketing of trashy books to young black readers.
Oct 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Amy Alexander
What’s Radiohead Worth? What’s Radiohead Worth?
The British rockers stick a fork in the recording industry by offering downloads of a new album for whatever fans want to pay. Oh, the anguish.
Oct 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Now?
According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
Sound Check Sound Check
The history of twentieth-century music charts the rise of modern masters like Duke Ellington and John Adams.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Taking Celebrity Seriously Taking Celebrity Seriously
The Paris Principle: politics are sooo hot.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Duncombe
Burns’s War: What Is It Good For? Burns’s War: What Is It Good For?
An increasingly bookless universe has become the wasteland so many have feared. In a perfect world, we'd have more Ken Burnses expressing a multiplicity of views.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Strange Culture Strange Culture
If the stuff of life is corporatized, does art about it become a form of interference in business?
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
Dirty Sexy Television Dirty Sexy Television
Who needs reality TV when you can revel in the decadence, dysfunction and dirty laundry of the fictional super-rich?
Oct 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter