Non-fiction

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 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 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 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

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