Books and Ideas

Drunk and Disorderly Drunk and Disorderly

Jean Rhys wrote about women who tangled with class and sexuality on their own terms.

Oct 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Connelly

Suspended Sentences Suspended Sentences

Eliot Weinberger's enigmatic essays save him from becoming a prisoner of his polemical style.

Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul

The First Counter-revolutionary The First Counter-revolutionary

Thomas Hobbes sensed the revolutionary impulses of early modern Europe and transformed them into a defense of the most hidebound form of rule.

Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

Thoughts of a UN Delegate as Qaddafi’s Speech, Slotted for Fifteen Minutes, Approaches An Hour and a Half Thoughts of a UN Delegate as Qaddafi’s Speech, Slotted for Fifteen Minutes, Approaches An Hour and a Half

This Muammar is truly loony.

Sep 30, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Jon Stewart Defends Kids From the GOP Jon Stewart Defends Kids From the GOP

Stewart takes on the crazy conspiracy theories of the right, starting with the recent Fox News coverage of ACORN.

Sep 29, 2009 / The Daily Show

Glenn Beck’s Madness Mocked in Prime-Time Glenn Beck’s Madness Mocked in Prime-Time

The inevitable Glenn Beck impression makes its debut, complete with a trembling voice, blatant factual inaccuracies and Hitler salutes.

Sep 25, 2009 / Saturday Night Live

Nader’s Road to Utopia Nader’s Road to Utopia

In Ralph Nader's new utopian novel, "only the super-rich can save us."

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman

Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow

A conversation with the author of Homer and Langley about opting out.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

A Grand Jury Investigates John Edwards A Grand Jury Investigates John Edwards

He's got some explaining to do.

Sep 23, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

PSA Parody: Protect Insurance Companies PSA Parody: Protect Insurance Companies

Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde and other popular entertainers speak out in defense of greedy health insurance execs backed by an ominous soundtrack.

Sep 22, 2009 / Funny or Die

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