Burns’s War: What Is It Good For? Burns’s War: What Is It Good For?
An increasingly bookless universe has become the wasteland so many have feared. In a perfect world, we'd have more Ken Burnses expressing a multiplicity of views.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Strange Culture Strange Culture
If the stuff of life is corporatized, does art about it become a form of interference in business?
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
We Need a Nobel Prize in Law We Need a Nobel Prize in Law
Those who serve the law in dangerous and original ways are deserving of the recognition--and the protection--that a Nobel Prize would bring them.
Oct 10, 2007 / Garrett Epps
Getting Real About China Getting Real About China
From product safety to piracy, human rights and the Olympic Games, isn't it time we started being realistic about the way we treat China?
Oct 10, 2007 / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
John Templeton’s Universe John Templeton’s Universe
The right-wing philanthropist is pushing the phony science of positive psychology to numb Americans into smiley-faced acquiescence to the status quo.
Oct 10, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Season of Scandals Season of Scandals
Sportswriters hyperventilate over scandals big and small. But when a football hero and Bush critic is shot three times at close range in Afghanistan, by friendly fire, why does no ...
Oct 9, 2007 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte
Bonehead U Bonehead U
Forget about raising money for actual teaching or research. Institutions of higher learning would rather troll for money for their sports teams.
Oct 8, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Secret State of Torture The Secret State of Torture
After professing to abhor torture, the Bush Justice Department secretly authorized it. And the consequences for us all are grave.
Oct 5, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Strange Culture Strange Culture
Federal authorities are prosecuting Steve Kurtz under the Patriot Act for using harmless bacteria in his artwork. A new film examines his ordeal.
Oct 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
The Courage of Anna Politkovskaya The Courage of Anna Politkovskaya
A human rights activist remembers the courage of a crusading journalist, murdered one year ago.
Oct 4, 2007 / Feature / Natalya Estemirova