Culture

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Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Rudy G. Responds to Accusations of Using Phony Statistics Rudy G. Responds to Accusations of Using Phony Statistics

The GOP front-runner's dubious miracle cure.

Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Colbert Rapport The Colbert Rapport

Like other prank campaigns, Stephen Colbert's bid for President promised brilliant satire. It's a shame he's called it quits.

Nov 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Larry Bogad

Will Rogers: The Bunkless Candidate Will Rogers: The Bunkless Candidate

"WHATEVER the other fellow don't do, we will." Thus refreshingly Will Rogers, the bunkless candidate for President, begins his campaign. It is, of course, a dangerous doctrine, b...

Nov 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Dorothy Van Doren

News From Nowhere News From Nowhere

Hip-hop star M.I.A. broadcasts the sound of those with one foot in the First World and the other in the global South.

Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang

Playtime Playtime

The Surrealist dissident Raymond Queneau turned his writings into a lab for his experiments, and the results are still exhilarating.

Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark Polizzotti

The View From Jantar Mantar The View From Jantar Mantar

The contradictions of parliamentary democracy in India have been a constant source of struggle and rich debate.

Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Basharat Peer

The U.S. and the World (Editors’ Introduction) The U.S. and the World (Editors’ Introduction)

The 2008 election, more than any election in decades, will turn on questions of foreign policy and national security.

Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

The Nicest Republican The Nicest Republican

Huckabee wins the prize for "Mr. Congeniality" hands down...whatever else you might say about him.

Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Memphis Is Also America Memphis Is Also America

The civil rights movement that erupted in 1968 revealed in a few swift weeks white America's failure to respond to the nonviolence of Dr. King, and black America's recoil into desp...

Oct 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Pat Watters

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