Books and Ideas

The ‘Ick’ Factor: Villains, Veils and Vision The ‘Ick’ Factor: Villains, Veils and Vision

While Michael Jackson's 2005 trial was appalling, it was not the stuff of ordinary tabloid catharsis; there was not an unsullied soul within fifty miles of the courthouse.

Apr 21, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The New Environment of Foreign Aid The New Environment of Foreign Aid

Foreign aid is not dead but it seemed so last month, as the International Development Conference (a meeting of foreign aid experts that has been held in fifteen of the last twenty ...

Apr 14, 2005 / Feature / Richard Critchfield

Before the Law Before the Law

A new book on Isaeli courts in the West Bank and Gaza.

Apr 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Neve Gordon

Another Country Another Country

A review of two recent memoirs of Iran.

Apr 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani

The X-Files The X-Files

An Obituary.

Apr 7, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Anders Stephanson

About a Boy About a Boy

Jonathan Safran Foer, wunderkind.

Apr 7, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Tangled Up in Bob

Tangled Up in Bob Tangled Up in Bob

In or around 1965, human nature changed.

Apr 7, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe

Bin Laden’s Nuclear Connection Bin Laden’s Nuclear Connection

If America had agreed to a nuclear-free world, we wouldn't face threats today.

Apr 7, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Bird

All the World Is Green All the World Is Green

"Social Security is the soft underbelly," says right-wing activist Stephen Moore.

Mar 31, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mike Wallace

Dreams and Delusions Dreams and Delusions

California inspires people to think big, and to write big books. Take, for example, Kevin Starr.

Mar 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

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