Books and Ideas

Two Angry Men Two Angry Men

Beyond the sensationalism and the sound bites, the Duke rape case reveals the perils of unchecked prosecutorial power.

Mar 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Perkinson

Banana Kings Banana Kings

The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.

Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso

Good Faith Good Faith

Two authors posit very different views on the problem of religious conflict in a supposedly secular age.

Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

As Daffodils Come Out in Spring As Daffodils Come Out in Spring

Some things you can always count on.

Feb 27, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Two Nuernbergs The Two Nuernbergs

Twenty very little men are defendants in a very big trial.

Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Peter de Mendelssohn

Art and Propaganda Art and Propaganda

Using fear and the classic tools of persuasion, the Bush Administration has subverted American mythology and our national character.

Feb 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Milton Glaser

Fourteen Little Words Fourteen Little Words

First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."

Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Chavez’s Fix Chavez’s Fix

Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?

Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson

The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam

Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods. So was the war necessary?

Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden

On One of the Sabbath-Gasbag Discussions, Robert Novak Says That Mike Huckabee May Have Remained in the Race to Bolster His Lecture Fee On One of the Sabbath-Gasbag Discussions, Robert Novak Says That Mike Huckabee May Have Remained in the Race to Bolster His Lecture Fee

The lure of filthy lucre on the campaign trail.

Feb 21, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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