A Short History of ‘Cut and Run,’ Using the George W. Bush Definition A Short History of ‘Cut and Run,’ Using the George W. Bush Definition
From 'Nam to Lebanon, the Gulf War and, um, Texas.
Oct 18, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
As Denny Hastert Stumbles Through an Array of Denials That He Knew About Mark Foley’s Behavior and Did Nothing About It As Denny Hastert Stumbles Through an Array of Denials That He Knew About Mark Foley’s Behavior and Did Nothing About It
What makes you think he knows anything?
Oct 18, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pamuk’s Prize Pamuk’s Prize
If Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk is a political writer, it is by virtue of his sympathy for what is old and faded, for what no longer matters, or what never did.
Oct 16, 2006 / Maria Margaronis
Indonesian Mother Sews Halloween Costumes For 60,000 Children Indonesian Mother Sews Halloween Costumes For 60,000 Children
"I try to put a little extra love in each seam I stitch, or epoxy, or hot-glue, or heat-seal," said factory worker Weninng Panggi.
Oct 13, 2006 / The Nation
Legal Legacy Legal Legacy
Four new books explore the impact of Bush appointees on the newly politicized Supreme Court and the power they wield over our public and private lives.
Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Herman Schwartz
My Friend, the Enemy My Friend, the Enemy
Sandy Tolan’s The Lemon Tree is a novelistic account of two intertwined lives, one Palestinian and one Jewish, and a house with two histories.
Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey
Whose Art Is It Anyway? Whose Art Is It Anyway?
Two books on art controversies and arts funding in America explore how and when taxpayer money can be used to support public art.
Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Plagens
Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife
The President urged Congress Tuesday to pass an appropriations bill that would enable expanded drilling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's animals.
Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation
Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future
Let us follow the example set by the judges and prosecutors who pursued justice in the Nuremberg Trials to lead America back to a reverence for the rule of law and the common good.
Oct 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sen. Christopher Dodd
Cultural Famine: A Cycle Cultural Famine: A Cycle
Famine is at its worst when people waste away and die. But there is another kind of famine: the death of the human soul--the emptiness and senseless cynicism in this country that h...
Oct 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley