Books and Ideas

Q&A With Thomas Frank Q&A With Thomas Frank

The central thesis of Thomas Frank's new book, The Wrecking Crew, is that the kind of obscene depravity witnessed at the Department. of Interior is the natural result of the conser...

Sep 16, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hayes

America’s Love/Hate Relationship With Itself America’s Love/Hate Relationship With Itself

Veteran journalist Dick Meyer discusses America's love-hate relationship with itself.

Sep 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sarah O’Leary

A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic

Ingrid Rowland's Giordano Bruno rediscovers the Renaissance philosopher and heretic.

Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War

Comic books, once the source of cultural panic, have achieved a dominant hold on the public imagination.

Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan

On Sarah Palin’s Revelations of God’s Will On Sarah Palin’s Revelations of God’s Will

God's girlfriend is never wrong.

Sep 9, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Sarah, Will UB My BFF? Sarah, Will UB My BFF?

U R so right: With the beehive and schoolmarm glasses, people really take you seriously!

Sep 5, 2008 / Annabelle Gurwitch

Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte

Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.

Sep 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America

William Eskridge's Dishonorable Passions is the first comprehensive history of sodomy law in America.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Margot Canaday

An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace

An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans

The GOP's prayers are answered.

Sep 3, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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