Books and Ideas

War-Torn Mideast Seeks Solace In Religion War-Torn Mideast Seeks Solace In Religion

Who knew?

Jul 30, 2006 / The Nation

Funk Congress at an Impasse Funk Congress at an Impasse

GetUplicans deadlock with GetDownocrats.

Jul 30, 2006 / The Nation

The Global Village The Global Village

What does it mean to be from a place? In Monica Ali's new novel, Alentejo Blue, the collision of locals, expatriates and tourists shatters any simple answers to the question.

Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Nell Freudenberger

A Burnt-Out Case A Burnt-Out Case

A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra.

Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Neal Pollack

The Sunkist Utopian The Sunkist Utopian

One hundred years ago, Upton Sinclair exposed the meatpacking industry. Three new books expose Sinclair as an activist dreamer with a messianic streak.

Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

Too Late for Empire Too Late for Empire

Thirty years after Watergate, we again face a constitutional crisis at home and a misconceived war abroad. The United States will remain a helpless giant until we finally learn tha...

Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

Reading Less Bad News From Iraq Reading Less Bad News From Iraq

The papers simply cannot find the space.

Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Guernica, Again Guernica, Again

The targeting of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon summons the image of Picasso's wrenching mural that memorialized innocents caught in the crossfire.

Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman

Questions for Katha Pollitt Questions for Katha Pollitt

Katha Pollitt answers questions about feminism, politics and her new book, Virginity or Death! And Other Pressing Social Issues of Our Times.

Jul 17, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Emily Amick

Short Takes Short Takes

Stick Out Your Tongue. By Ma Jian. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 93 pp. $16.

Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood and Katherine Ryder

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