Books and Ideas

Blair Steps Down at Westminster (the Parliament, Not the Dog Show) Blair Steps Down at Westminster (the Parliament, Not the Dog Show)

How good a pup will Gordon Brown be?

Jun 27, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Who’s Afraid of History? Who’s Afraid of History?

Official Washington wants to avoid the "divisive ordeal" of looking at what went wrong in Iraq. But upcoming hearings for Admiral Michael Mullins' nomination as chairman of the Jo...

Jun 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler

The First Six Months of FDR The First Six Months of FDR

In just 180 days, FDR has managed to completely transform the office of the presidency.

Jun 21, 2007 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard

Company Man Company Man

Martin Duberman's biography of Lincoln Kirstein is a case study of the relationship between art and power.

Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lynn Garafola

The Improbable Moralist The Improbable Moralist

Leonard Michaels's fiction captured his evolution from sex-obsessed misogyny to self-identified moralism.

Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Phillip Lopate

On the Tributes to Scooter Libby That So Underwhelmed the Judge On the Tributes to Scooter Libby That So Underwhelmed the Judge

It takes one to know one.

Jun 21, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Iraq’s Founding Mother Iraq’s Founding Mother

A biography of Gertrude Bell investigates the woman who created Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.

Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass

Persian Ghosts Persian Ghosts

The complex historical tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are not enough to explain the current crisis in the Middle East.

Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing

George W. Bush’s Reception in Albania George W. Bush’s Reception in Albania

The President's offshore approval ratings get a boost.

Jun 14, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Chinese Mirrors Chinese Mirrors

China has become like Israel: No matter the party, no matter the leader, the US government will defend its actions.

Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

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