The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy
Because of Gaza, "everything is tainted" in Israel, according to Gideon Levy.
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch
In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch has found a new métier as a critic of neo-capitalist school reform.
Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Featherstone
A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny
Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

A Forest of Fathers A Forest of Fathers
Did liberal principles or sectarian impulses mobilize Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" to protest against the Syrian regime?
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Elias Muhanna
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street
Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril? The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril?
A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.
Jun 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
In Our Orbit: What Was Lost In Our Orbit: What Was Lost
Kai Bird's Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is a meditation on the collective failure of Israelis and Palestinians to reconcile their histories of loss and victimhood.
May 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

Job’s Comforters Job’s Comforters
Science can be disproved only by its own criteria; when it comes to mental illness, its own criteria are often insufficient.
May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Adam Phillips
The Idea of England The Idea of England
In the Falling Snow suggests that Caryl Phillips's considerable talents have further calcified into a mannered style.
Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

Anderson’s Amphibologies: On Perry Anderson Anderson’s Amphibologies: On Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson deftly punctures the EU's self-serving myths, but his own pieties make him a better prosecutor than judge.
Apr 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower