Liberalism’s Lost Libretto Liberalism’s Lost Libretto
Tom Stoppard's epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia's revolution.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
White History 101 White History 101
Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
Feb 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge
Terror at the Nixon Library Terror at the Nixon Library
A new exhibit inadvertently displays why Americans might be confused about what terrorism is and how to fight it.
Feb 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
A Pillar of American Justice A Pillar of American Justice
The legal philosophy of Louis Brandeis illuminates some of the compelling legal issues of our own times.
Jan 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles A. Miller
Savage Wars of Peace Savage Wars of Peace
Ruth Scurr reviews The First Total War, a study of Napoleonic France that illuminates the causes of all-out war.
Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Self-Consciousness Raising Self-Consciousness Raising
What is the self? Do we all have one? Is it best treated with Botox or with books? Bohemian Los Angeles explains it all.
Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman
Greater Than Warren Harding? Greater Than Warren Harding?
On Gerald Ford's greatness and the New York Times's ghastly coverage of Iraq.
Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Ford, Nixon, The Nation Ford, Nixon, The Nation
The story behind the story of Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon.
Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
The Soviet Union, R.I.P.? The Soviet Union, R.I.P.?
The collapse of the Soviet Union was far from inevitable: A historic opportunity to democratize and marketize Russia by more gradual means was lost--and the people paid the price.
Dec 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen
God’s Willing Executioners God’s Willing Executioners
God's War explores the barbaric clash of Christianity and Islam, and what happens when people follow religious voices that no one else can hear.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare