Books & the Arts

Election Night From Hell Election Night From Hell

As Fox News marks its tenth birthday, recall the fateful night in November 2000 that its election desk broke all the rules reporting the election of George W. Bush. Will Fox do it ...

Oct 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David W. Moore

Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version

It doesn't matter that Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette is a dreadful film, but it is alarming that the past is increasingly seen as a place in which the most important thing of al...

Oct 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Steel

The Queen Is Dead The Queen Is Dead

Reviews from the New York Film Festival, including Marie Antoinette, Climate, 49 Up and more.

Oct 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Soldiers of Conscience Soldiers of Conscience

A peace activist argues that if soldiers like Lieut. Ehren Watada succeed in convincing the courts that they have a right to refuse to fight in unjust and illegal wars, the world w...

Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Staughton Lynd

Death in the Family Death in the Family

Daniel Mendelsohn's The Lost represents one man's search to find the truth about himself, his family and the Holocaust.

Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gideon Lewis-Kraus

A Rebel in Defense of Tradition A Rebel in Defense of Tradition

As composer Steve Reich turns 70, he is winning recognition from the classical establishment for the creativity and power ever-present in his music.

Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Legal Legacy Legal Legacy

Four new books explore the impact of Bush appointees on the newly politicized Supreme Court and the power they wield over our public and private lives.

Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Herman Schwartz

My Friend, the Enemy My Friend, the Enemy

Sandy Tolan’s The Lemon Tree is a novelistic account of two intertwined lives, one Palestinian and one Jewish, and a house with two histories.

Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey

Whose Art Is It Anyway? Whose Art Is It Anyway?

Two books on art controversies and arts funding in America explore how and when taxpayer money can be used to support public art.

Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Plagens

Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future

Let us follow the example set by the judges and prosecutors who pursued justice in the Nuremberg Trials to lead America back to a reverence for the rule of law and the common good.

Oct 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sen. Christopher Dodd

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