The Iranian Impasse The Iranian Impasse
Five new books explore the failed progressive movements in Iran, and the dilemma the US left faces today.
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson
Nixon’s Broadway Revival Nixon’s Broadway Revival
Peter Morgan's new play is highly entertaining; Frank Langella's portrait of Nixon is brutally amusing; yet the play is historically inaccurate.
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew
Michael Moore’s Sicko Michael Moore’s Sicko
Michael Moore's healtcare documentary is less partisan, less outrageous--but more real--than anything he's done before.
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes
Who’s Afraid of History? Who’s Afraid of History?
Official Washington wants to avoid the "divisive ordeal" of looking at what went wrong in Iraq. But upcoming hearings for Admiral Michael Mullins' nomination as chairman of the Jo...
Jun 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler
Anatomy of a Murder Anatomy of a Murder
Reviews of A Mighty Heart, Sicko, Czech Dream and Unborn in the USA.
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Madman With Broom Madman With Broom
The realist crows return at earliest morning. And the madman with broom,
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Palmer
Company Man Company Man
Martin Duberman's biography of Lincoln Kirstein is a case study of the relationship between art and power.
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lynn Garafola
The Improbable Moralist The Improbable Moralist
Leonard Michaels's fiction captured his evolution from sex-obsessed misogyny to self-identified moralism.
Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Phillip Lopate
Iraq’s Founding Mother Iraq’s Founding Mother
A biography of Gertrude Bell investigates the woman who created Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
Persian Ghosts Persian Ghosts
The complex historical tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are not enough to explain the current crisis in the Middle East.
Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing