Books and Ideas

‘C-List Celebrity Killer’ Leaves Police Enthusiastically Guessing Who’s Next ‘C-List Celebrity Killer’ Leaves Police Enthusiastically Guessing Who’s Next

Following Thursday's gruesome discovery of the remains of former Blossom star Joey Lawrence, law enforcement officials are feverishly speculating on the identity of the killer's ne...

Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation

Rumsfeld: ‘My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done’ Rumsfeld: ‘My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done’

November 8, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC--After nearly six years of much-publicized service as Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld announced his resignation Wednesday afternoon, ...

Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation

Defending Nat Turner Defending Nat Turner

In response to Herbert Aptheker's critical review of The Confessions of Nat Turner the late William Styron wrote a passionate letter to the editor in defense of his novel.

Nov 3, 2006 / William Styron

An Explanation of Karl Rove’s Confidence About the Midterm Elections An Explanation of Karl Rove’s Confidence About the Midterm Elections

Hint: It starts with the M-word.

Nov 2, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Tao of Borat The Tao of Borat

What are we laughing at when we laugh at Borat?

Nov 2, 2006 / Richard Goldstein

What Bush Has Wrought What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...

Nov 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

GOP Throws All Financial Support Behind One Candidate GOP Throws All Financial Support Behind One Candidate

The National Republican Congressional Committee allocates its remaining $256 million cash-on-hand to an Arizona incumbent in the hopes of retaining at least one House seat.

Nov 1, 2006 / The Nation

The New World Order The New World Order

Two new books examine the diverse and ambitious alliances that led to the end of slavery in America.

Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn

French Lessons French Lessons

The history of twentieth-century France depicts a struggle between the republican ideal of a unitary state and the shifting concerns of a pluralistic society.

Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sunil Khilnani

New White House Strategy on Iraq New White House Strategy on Iraq

What passes now for West Wing policy is whatever will cover their collective derrieres.

Oct 26, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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