Culture

Katrina vs. Colbert Katrina vs. Colbert

Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.

Apr 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Colbert

Undercover of the Night Undercover of the Night

Reviews of the films Black Book and Zodiac.

Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Semiwarriors The Semiwarriors

By creating an atmosphere of perpetual crisis, Presidents have expanded their powers and hidden their actions from the public eye.

Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

Bolaño in Mexico Bolaño in Mexico

As a young writer in the 1970s, Roberto Bolaño was expected to choose between two rival factions of Mexican poets. He chose both.

Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa

On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising

As a candidate, Mitt is now legit.

Apr 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Body Language Body Language

A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.

Mar 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Lam

That’s the Way of the World That’s the Way of the World

Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

A Mannerist in Madrid A Mannerist in Madrid

Jacopo Tintoretto outshines Michelangelo, but his work is rarely seen outside of Venice.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

A Free Man A Free Man

Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laurent Dubois

On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals

Inventing Human Rights traces the roots of humanitarian concern back to the eighteenth century. But there's a world of difference between then and now.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

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