Another Miracle From Bill Frist Another Miracle From Bill Frist
The doctor who proved himself a master of distant diagosis has one more trick up his sleeve.
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
State of the Magazines State of the Magazines
On both sides of the Atlantic, liberal news magazines facing declining circulation have started to play into the celebrity culture. But there are gems that have the power to carry ...
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Rosa Parks: A Woman of Substance Rosa Parks: A Woman of Substance
Frozen in memory as the simple woman who helped to bring down segregation, Rosa Parks was far more complex and formidable than the popular imagination makes her out to be . A fulle...
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Salvador Memories Salvador Memories
An exhibit at the International Center of Photography showcasing the brutal images of the civil war in El Salvador should remind the Pentagon and the public that the "Salvador Opt...
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Passion Passion
It isn't the choir of small boys, casting about, singing shyly or It isn't with perfect oval mouths,
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Mason
Writer’s Block Writer’s Block
An e-mail from my rabbi, who's moved to the West Coast, says they're "happier than pigs in shit." Something forced about that. People with a new grandchild don't boast
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alan Feldman
The Uncertainty Principle The Uncertainty Principle
By writing a novel about a conventional novelist writing about a conventional man, J.M. Coetzee's latest work illuminates the role of the novel and cuts through typical and tired t...
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Pankaj Mishra
The War of the Liberals The War of the Liberals
Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventi...
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
The Two-Way Squeeze The Two-Way Squeeze
The quiet purposefulness that characterized Rosa Parks's actions bears eloquent witness to the power of her protest.
Oct 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Deadline for Saddam Deadline for Saddam
Saddam Hussein went to trial on Wednesday declaring he was still the president of Iraq. A series of odes a decade ago to Hussein's dictatorial days show the tyrant was always out ...
Oct 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin