Pakistan at a Crossroads
John L. Esposito, editor-in-chief of Oxford Islamic Studies Online looks at the effects of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
The Past is Present
Morton Keller looks at our polarized political present in light of our past.
Don’t Rock the Boat
A second excerpt from The Elephant in the Room
The Elephant in the Room: Fear and Embarrassment
An excerpt from The Elephant in the Room.
The Inaugural Very Short Introductions Column: Atheism
Q&A with Julian Baggini, author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
Fleeing Hitler: Searching For Memories
Hanna Diamond talks about research for her book.
On Pimps and Faggots
Anatoly looks at where pimps and faggots come together.
The Unknown Gulag
Part IV: Why did the Soviets Document their Crimes?
Everyday this week we are posting part of a series from author Lynne Viola, The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements. Check out part one and part two and part three. Luck and serendipity combined to provide unique and rich sources for the book. I was continually amazed at the degree of […]
Monthly Gleanings: April 2007
Anatoly’s April gleanings.
Surveillance and Spying in Film: II–The Good Shepherd
A closer look at The Departed.
Happy Birthday W. H. Auden!
Happy Birthday Auden!
Justice Matters: A Response
A response to Justice Matters.
WWII and This Mighty Scourge
McPherson looks at, “the only war in modern times as to which we can be sure, first, that no skill or patience of diplomacy would have avoided it; and second, that preservation of the American Union and abolition of negro slavery were two vast triumphs of good by which even the inferno of war was justified.”
The Origins of Fascism: Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia, Antisemitism
Walter Laqueur looks at Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism
Questions for Jonathan Petropoulos
In his 2000 book, Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany, which was named one of the 25 Books to Remember by the New York Public Library, Jonathan Petropoulos laid bare the motives of the thoughtful, educated, artistic men and women who went to work for Hitler “repatriating” to Nazi Germany artwork from across […]
The Kabbalah
I couldn’t help but notice – try as I might to resist – this story from a few weeks ago in which Madonna, aka Esther, claimed that she’d likely get less grief from the media if she had become a Nazi instead of devoting herself to kabbalah. It made me think of this image from […]