Culture
"Hillz" Clinton Was Always Cool
Apr 12, 2012What's behind the former First Lady and current Secretary of State's image rehabilitation?
The Nuclear Politics of a Poem
Apr 12, 2012A look at the poem that led the Israeli government to declare Gunter Grass a persona non grata.
I’ve Got Some Assignments for Rachel Maddow
Apr 10, 2012Looking at Drift from the perspective of defense intellectuals.
Approaching Peak Bitch on Television
Apr 10, 2012TV is overrun with unflattering portrayals of women—where's the uproar?
Part Two: Charles Murray, the Long View
Apr 05, 2012Coming Apart caps three decades of faux concern for the poor.
Charles Murray, the Long View
Apr 04, 2012In 1984, the right's star public intellectual wrote the book that drove welfare reform. Coming Apart is an alibi for his own failed big idea.
Peter Dinklage Is a Baller
Apr 03, 2012The producers of Game of Thrones succeed in writing a disabled character who is more than his disability.
When Network Anchors Stop Being Polite ... And Start Getting Real
Apr 03, 2012What can we expect from the new Aaron Sorkin series?
Adrienne Rich, Poet of Change
Apr 02, 2012Few literary luminaries succeed in melding a passion for social justice with a love of language.
Judges as Defendants, Directors as Judges
Mar 30, 2012The Law in These Parts asks tough questions about the role of the courts in Israeli settlement policy.
History Lessons
Mar 30, 2012When historian Tony Judt cared passionately about a problem he was able to redefine its terms. Pity he didn't care about a few more things.
Why Politicos Love "Game of Thrones"
Mar 30, 2012The show satisfies the teenage cynic in all of us who thinks only sex, ambition, and revenge matter at the top.
