Holy Water Holy Water
Walden Pond is America's environmental holy land, the naturalist's sacred site and Concord's local swimming pool.
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay
Latin America’s Longest War Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about fo...
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
He’s the (Any)One He’s the (Any)One
Can someone win the presidency entirely on the basis of a negative asset?
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
His Majesty, Prince His Majesty, Prince
The 46th annual Grammy Awards ceremony began with a surprise performance by the pop virtuoso who is once again calling himself Prince.
Jul 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jody Rosen
Laughter in the Dark Laughter in the Dark
Stalin has had a rough time at the hands of Russian novelists in recent years.
Jul 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Boris Fishman
Living to Tell the Tale Living to Tell the Tale
Former Presidents have a difficult, even awkward, role. They cope in different ways, but if the past half-century is any guide, we can be certain of one thing: They write their m...
Jul 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler
Brief Encounter Brief Encounter
Like many intelligent women of advanced political beliefs, Celine detests the ideology of the soulmate.
Jul 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Body and Soul Body and Soul
In the 1960s, the New York Jewish Museum became the unlikely leading venue for contemporary avant-garde art in America.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
In a cluster of beach bungalows in Ghana in December 2000, my wife and I encountered the Peace Corps dream.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
The Rootless Cosmopolitan The Rootless Cosmopolitan
This essay appears as the foreword to Edward Said's From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map, which will be published in August by Pantheon.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Tony Judt