Mad Men’s Retro Charm Mad Men’s Retro Charm
A cable hit's unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we've come from the Sixties.
Aug 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anna McCarthy
Silent Witness Silent Witness
A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is to blame for the tragedy.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman
Bywater Blues Bywater Blues
Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
My Bondage, My Freedom My Bondage, My Freedom
Robert Walser's writing--opaque and ethereal, provoking and digressive--is finally being introduced to American readers.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth
In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam's chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn
Words Words
Words charm me make me sign And ask that I work at any salary to find them-- Words rush
Aug 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Sony Labou Tansi
Spy Games Spy Games
Reviews of The Bourne Ultimatum and The Simpsons Movie.
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Spirited Away Spirited Away
Two writers explore the perversion of our collective imagination and the ways that science and myth shape our understanding of spirituality.
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Laqueur
from The Larger Nature from The Larger Nature
A sanction gone awry was my portion to cultivate Giveth and taketh away This is how adaptation occurs A perpetual recycling
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Pam Rehm
Stars and Bars Stars and Bars
How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare