TNR’s New Owners TNR’s New Owners
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
Mar 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Clint Hendler
The Anatomy of Fear The Anatomy of Fear
In his memoir Wish I Could Be There, Allen Shawn movingly details a life crippled by phobias.
Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / D.T. Max
The Things They Carried The Things They Carried
The Bastard of Istanbul, a saga of two interwoven families, bravely violates Turkish taboo with its description of the Armenian genocide.
Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis
Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right
Want us to jump? How high?
Mar 1, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Empire Fall Empire Fall
A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Lincoln’s Antiwar Record Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
The Strains of Inspiration The Strains of Inspiration
The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge's fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée
Liberalism’s Lost Libretto Liberalism’s Lost Libretto
Tom Stoppard's epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia's revolution.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat
The ultimate test of patriotism.
Feb 22, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sect Symbols Sect Symbols
To understand why the playground of Beirut has again become a battleground, look beyond the myth-making biographies of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annia Ciezadlo