Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’ Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’
A new history celebrates the nineteenth-century roots of humanitarian intervention and glosses over their imperial pretensions.
Sep 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Homing Patterns: Marilynne Robinson’s Fiction Homing Patterns: Marilynne Robinson’s Fiction
Marilynne Robinson's new novel explores faith, loneliness and the national passion play of race.
Sep 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
John McCain Explains What He Meant by Saying That the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong John McCain Explains What He Meant by Saying That the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong
He'll figure it out eventually.
Sep 24, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3139 Puzzle No. 3139
ACROSS 1 Nasty little kids, with one who tears inside out, and takes potshots. (12)
Sep 24, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
Darkness Becomes Him Darkness Becomes Him
A French pundit's short journey from Maoism to the cult of moi.
Sep 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott McLemee
John McCain’s Age Card John McCain’s Age Card
Confused? Forgetting what you stand for? Sleeping on the job? You need the Age Card.
Sep 23, 2008 / Barely Political
The Daily Show Presents ‘Gov at First Sight’ The Daily Show Presents ‘Gov at First Sight’
Jon Stewart mocks Sean Hannity's suggestion that we should all just shut up about the economy while he gushes over Sarah Palin.
Sep 23, 2008 / The Daily Show
Wall Street and Washington Wall Street and Washington
Washington's mission may, at this late date, be an even greater one than Roosevelt's New Deal faced.
Sep 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Mandarins, Guns and Money: Academics and the Cold War Mandarins, Guns and Money: Academics and the Cold War
Four authors examine the evolution of the social sciences and how academic theorizing impacted global affairs before and after Vietnam.
Sep 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths
Elizabeth Pisani and Jonny Steinberg explore antipodal aspects of the fight against AIDS.
Sep 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steven Epstein