Books and Ideas

What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth

The truth gets whacked on Fredo's watch.

Mar 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Pinkerton’s Men Pinkerton’s Men

The Nation says that Pinkerton's mercenary police force is "the greatest disgrace that has befallen the United States." That was putting it mildly.

Mar 27, 2007 / Feature / The Nation

Goodbye, Baltimore Goodbye, Baltimore

In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin

Mr. Dynamite Splits Mr. Dynamite Splits

A poem in tribute to the passing of James Brown.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Sayers Ellis

Veiled Intolerance Veiled Intolerance

A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin

Mistakes Were Made Mistakes Were Made

A cheer for all seasons.

Mar 22, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Esperando a Mills Esperando a Mills

Recordamos la vida y el trabajo notable del sociólogo estadounidense quien a pesar de la fatiga de la Oficina Federal de Investigación se quedó muy dedicado a ...

Mar 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón

Waiting for C. Wright Mills Waiting for C. Wright Mills

Remembering the remarkable life and work of the American sociologist who, despite FBI harassment, remained engaged in the Cuban Revolution.

Mar 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón

Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run

New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.

Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

Made in USA Made in USA

Two books about Kofi Annan illuminate the controlling relationship between the US and the United Nations.

Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson

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