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By Rachel Corrie
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Using previously inaccessible material from the Russian archives, historian Dominic Lieven offers the truest picture yet of the war made famous in Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.”
Posted on Apr 29, 2010
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In a short and powerful manifesto, renowned philosopher and critic Martha Nussbaum issues a passionate call to resist persistent efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product.
Posted on Apr 22, 2010
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What lessons can the West learn by examining the history of the Arab experience through the voices and eyes of Arabs themselves?
Posted on Apr 15, 2010
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The strange and disturbing story of racist medical ethics and the “benevolent deception” practiced on a nearly forgotten woman who inadvertently continues to live posthumously.
Posted on Apr 9, 2010
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Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives?
Posted on Apr 1, 2010
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Is the noted scholar in residence at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution truly America’s “most original and interesting philosopher,” as Paul Johnson insists?
Posted on Mar 26, 2010
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Is China on its way toward becoming the feared colossus of the 21st century, surpassing the United States in its imperial ambitions and economic hegemony?
Posted on Mar 19, 2010
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The irascible poet, journalist and all-around troublemaker’s take on his love affair with the city called El Monstruo, through centuries of rapine and revolution.
Posted on Mar 12, 2010
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Will publishers and booksellers, writers and readers be able to survive and thrive in the Digital Era now engulfing us all?
Posted on Mar 5, 2010
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Traditional media is dying, the virtual future is here and a new book takes a close look at what it all means—and it ain’t pretty.
Posted on Feb 26, 2010
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A best-seller in Israel, Shlomo Sand’s startling book argues there never was a Jewish people, only a Jewish religion, and explodes the myth of a unique nation with a special destiny.
Posted on Feb 19, 2010
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A cautionary tale about youthful self-confidence and indiscretion, compounded by the enmity between conservatives and liberals during Cold War America’s attempt to fix blame for the “loss” of China.
Posted on Feb 12, 2010
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Four years after Katrina, New Orleans struggles against the odds to preserve its unruly spirit through its unique musical legacy.
Posted on Feb 4, 2010
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Steven Spielberg’s big-screen adaptation of “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” is in the postproduction stage—yet another sign that the appeal of Belgian cartoonist Hergé‘s Tintin is as timeless as his globe-trotting perma-adolescent wunderkind. However, as Pierre Assouline points out in his new book “Hergé: The Man Who Created Tintin,” Tintin led a far more colorful life than his creator (born Georges Remi) did.
Posted on Feb 4, 2010
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Can the abuse of presidential power over the course of many administrations really be tied to the advent of nuclear weapons?
Posted on Jan 29, 2010
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Blue Man Coup: How Gadhafi’s Mercenaries Broke Mali
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