Wishful Thinking Wishful Thinking
In early 1966, Leonard Bernstein threw a birthday party for Dmitri Shostakovich in Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Paul Mitchinson
Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005 Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005
Eugene McCarthy, the Senate dove who in 1968 challenged Lyndon Johnson's conduct of the Vietnam War, died Saturday at the age of 89. In this 2004 review of Dominic Sandbrook's biog...
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Why Brown Still Matters Why Brown Still Matters
Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow
Brown v. Board of Education: The Climax of an Era Brown v. Board of Education: The Climax of an Era
The Supreme Court says separate but equal is inherently unequal.
Apr 14, 2004 / Various Contributors
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Since I'm from California, I sometimes dare to dispute the seemingly popular East Coast belief that my home state is a cultural wasteland.
Apr 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Abby Aguirre
L’Amérique, Mon Amour L’Amérique, Mon Amour
Along with the Bible and Moby-Dick, Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has got to be one of the world's least-read classics.
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
Chronicle of a Disappearance Chronicle of a Disappearance
A rough but accurate gauge of national resilience: When dictators fall, how soon do filmmakers rise again? In the case of Argentina, the recovery was impressively quick.
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Prison Without Walls Prison Without Walls
Our nation's two-decade spree of building prisons and sentencing even nonviolent criminals to long spells inside them has produced a staggering number of incarcerated people in A...
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Egan
Staring at the Sea Staring at the Sea
Toward the end of January, I received an invitation to a press opening for "Manet and the Sea," at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Empty Vessel Empty Vessel
For a man who destroyed his country and wrecked or stole hundreds of thousands of lives, Slobodan Milosevic is an oddly colorless villain.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Laura Secor