Culture

A Bipartisan Memo From Congress to Wall Street A Bipartisan Memo From Congress to Wall Street

Our elected representatives know who pays the bills.

Apr 29, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Pentagon Book Club The Pentagon Book Club

A handful of recent revisionist histories of the Vietnam War are shaping counterinsurgency policy in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Apr 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse

I can’t believe I can’t believe

 

Apr 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Wolff

The Idea of England The Idea of England

In the Falling Snow suggests that Caryl Phillips's considerable talents have further calcified into a mannered style.

Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

The Abnormal Norm The Abnormal Norm

A film series organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and ArteEast tries to make sense of Lebanon's Civil War.

Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

‘SEC Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Housing Deal’ ‘SEC Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Housing Deal’

  'SEC Accuses Goldman of Fraud in Housing Deal'      --Headline in the New York Times   They're doing God's work, their CEO said. They're kings of The Street. They are regal. So now we must ask if God ever knew That some of his work was illegal.

Apr 22, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Improbability Pump The Improbability Pump

Why has natural selection always been the most contested part of evolutionary theory?

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jerry A. Coyne

Shelf Life Shelf Life

The Kenning Anthology of Poets Theater; Terese Svoboda's Weapons Grade; Bob Hicok's Words for Empty and Words for Full.

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis

Icons of Oblivion Icons of Oblivion

Two new books explore the role of naturalists in the history of conservation movements.

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman

The Hebrew Republic The Hebrew Republic

Ongoing conflict in the Middle East continually reinforces tribalism, religiosity and messianic Zionism.

Apr 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird

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