Class Consciousness Class Consciousness
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford explores the contradictions of a social revolutionary possessed of an aristocrat's sense of the wrong and right kind of people.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
The Evil Abstraction The Evil Abstraction
Before Bob Gates's confirmation as CIA chief in 1991, the man now designated as Bush's Secretary of Defense was charged with forcing intelligence reports to conform to a tough anti...
Nov 9, 2006 / Column / David Corn
Defending Nat Turner Defending Nat Turner
In response to Herbert Aptheker's critical review of The Confessions of Nat Turner the late William Styron wrote a passionate letter to the editor in defense of his novel.
Nov 3, 2006 / William Styron
All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie
Democracy demands that journalists tell the truth. The success of liars like Bob Novak and Ann Coulter is a greater threat to America than a truck full of terrorists bent on doing ...
Aug 31, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
David ‘Duff’ Dretzin David ‘Duff’ Dretzin
David "Duff" Dretzin had a big heart, a social conscience and a keen sense of humor. He will be missed.
Jul 13, 2006 / The Editors
The Circle of Responsibility The Circle of Responsibility
If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rul
Jun 13, 2006 / Feature / Richard Falk
Compromising Positions Compromising Positions
Richard Schickel's biography of Elia Kazan is a laudatory postscript to a life marked by social turmoil, political strife and artistic intensity.
Feb 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Bromwich
Cesar’s Ghost Cesar’s Ghost
Cesar, who was always good at symbols, saved his best for last: a simple pine box, fashioned by his brother's hands, carried unceremoniously through the Central Valley town he made...
Jan 21, 2006 / Feature / Frank Bardacke
The Cost of Integrity The Cost of Integrity
The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" raises questions abo...
Jan 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kluger
How Do We Know FISA Is Working? How Do We Know FISA Is Working?
The illegality of the Bush-approved NSA domestic spying program seems obvious, especially with the passage of FISA in 1978, which requires electronic surveillance to be conducted o...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Herman Schwartz