Culture

The Making of No End in Sight The Making of No End in Sight

Charles Ferguson answers questions about his gripping new documentary that takes aim at those who took us to war in Iraq.

Jul 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Stuff Happens Stuff Happens

Reviews of No End in Sight, The Devil Came on Horseback, The Sugar Curtain and Sunshine.

Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Lives of Others The Lives of Others

Lois Gordon's new biography of Nancy Cunard brings the legendary heiress and activist back to life.

Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Carla Kaplan

I’m Not the Man I Used to Be I’m Not the Man I Used to Be

The reasons for Günter Grass's silence about his membership in the Waffen SS remain safely hidden in his new memoir.

Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andreas Huyssen

On the Latest Washington Scandal On the Latest Washington Scandal

David Vitter, caught in the act.

Jul 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic

The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.

Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare

This is the belllicose imperial presidency the authors of our Constitution warned us about.

Jul 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Artists Pursue the Disappeared Artists Pursue the Disappeared

With greater efficiency than the slow efforts for truth and justice, a traveling art exhibition bears witness to the victims of Argentina's "dirty war."

Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marian Schlotterbeck

Boys (and Girls) of Summer Boys (and Girls) of Summer

Live Free or Die Hard is boot camp for slackers. Knocked Up takes measure of the inadequate man.

Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Kings of the Road Kings of the Road

Two big literary anniversaries: Jack London's forgotten gem The Road turns 100, and Jack Kerouac's On the Road hits 50.

Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonah Raskin

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