Culture

The Daily Show Does the DNC The Daily Show Does the DNC

John Stewart checks in with his crack team of reporters for the latest developments at the DNC.

Aug 27, 2008 / The Daily Show

Making History Making History

Progressives are saying this is a moment of transformational politics. Is the party leadership listening?

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Poll Position: John Zogby and the Future of Polling Poll Position: John Zogby and the Future of Polling

Pollster John Zogby's new book illuminates the changing nature of American values and lives.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Provan

Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ a Masterpiece of Opera Noir Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ a Masterpiece of Opera Noir

A recent production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes is a grim masterpiece of opera noir.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Salman Rushdie’s Imaginative New ‘Enchantress of Florence’ Salman Rushdie’s Imaginative New ‘Enchantress of Florence’

Salman Rushdie probes the limits of the imagination to produce his most coherent and readable novel.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

‘Zek’ Freedom Brings Back Memories of Stalin’s Russia ‘Zek’ Freedom Brings Back Memories of Stalin’s Russia

The freeing of the "zeks" confronted Russia with living memories of the Terror.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen

The Rime of the Ancient Candidate The Rime of the Ancient Candidate

A home in every port.

Aug 27, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

In the Presence of Darwish In the Presence of Darwish

A tribute to the premier Arab poet of the past half-century.

Aug 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sinan Antoon

What Would Mao Think of the Games? What Would Mao Think of the Games?

He'd feel bad that the whole Communist era was airbrushed out of the Olympic spectacle. But he'd probably like the swimming.

Aug 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Obama and King Obama and King

As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.

Aug 18, 2008 / Feature / Adele Oltman

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