Not Even Bing’s: On Louis Armstrong Not Even Bing’s: On Louis Armstrong
Terry Teachout's new biography of Louis Armstrong is stuck in the discophile groove.
Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
The Renunciation Artist: On Leo Tolstoy The Renunciation Artist: On Leo Tolstoy
The axis of moral struggle, a stroke of salvation--these are the spiritual dimensions of Tolstoy's late fiction.
Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
CNN Un-Dobbed! CNN Un-Dobbed!
"So the haters have Fox, the lovers who are afraid to be hurt again have MSNBC, but what about all the people who watched the speech and found it too straightforward and under...
Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan
‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’ ‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’
Blankfein's bonus: too petite?
Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown
News Flash: Winter Olympic officials in tropical Vancouver have been forced to import snow - on the public dime - to make sure that the 2010 games proceed as planned. This use of t...
Feb 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs! Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs!
The New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl 44. I can't believe I'm even typing the words. Five years ago this was the team considered most likely to be moved to Los Angeles. Four and a ...
Feb 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Hopefully you've read Professor Lawrence Lessig's provocative new essay, "How to Get Our Democracy Back." Lessig's piece is essential reading for people across the politi...
Feb 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Last Flight to Abu Dhabi Last Flight to Abu Dhabi
Billy Bragg, a living legend of the British punk and folk music scenes, just released a new song as catchy and relevant as anything he's produced in many years.
Feb 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Zinn’s Critical History Zinn’s Critical History
Howard Zinn's writings remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the upheavals of the '60s
Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Howard Zinn, 1922-2010 Howard Zinn, 1922-2010
Remembering the pragmatic radical.
Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors