Books, Culture & the Arts

In her new book, philosophical titan Martha Nussbaum questions the separation between church and state, arguing that constitutional law has more often derived from prejudice than principle.

“Kids these days” belong to the most diverse generation America has ever had. No wonder they like music that blends sounds from all around the world.

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe by James J. Sheehan (Houghton Mifflin, 284 pages, $26.00) Try driving from Paris to Berlin and you will understand that in Europe today the only frightening extremes are the speeds at which motorists drive on the Autobahn. It is a remarkable change for a […]

In his new book Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?, James Sheehan tries to account for the astonishing transformation of Europe that has come with the death of the warfare state.

The convergence of conservative nationalists and neoconservatives within the Bush administration, and the deadly fantasies it spawned.

Why is the tax code so impenetrable? It’s all those tax breaks for the rich.

In his new book, Doubt is Their Product, David Michaels describes how the corporate practice of “manufacturing uncertainty” has taken over our regulatory system and undermined our health.

In search of something beyond the New York art scene, Robert Smithson landed at Utah’s Great Salt Lake, where he created Spiral Jetty amid abandoned oil derelicts. Now his deliberately noncommercial work is at risk of disruption by the return of oil drilling.

Two new books, one by a Boston Globe reporter, the other by the former head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, recount the Bush administration’s efforts to expand the presidential powers at the expense of the law.