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A Vessel's Voyage

The journey of a cameo, from Cleopatra's Egypt to modern Italy.

BY AMY HENDERSON

January 28, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 19

Zero Dark Thirty

Grub Street

The war on terror in all its strife and ambiguity.

BY JOHN PODHORETZ

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

Kim Stanley Robinson

Future Imperfect

Science fiction as guide to the stages of life.

BY ANN MARLOWE

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

Jan and Bacharach

The Women Who Wed

They’re people, too, and often based in Paris.

BY JUDY BACHRACH

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

Lawsuit press conference, March 16, 1970

Treehouse Days

Before Tina Brown, there were problems at ‘Newsweek.’

BY NAOMI DECTER

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

Affirmative Action

The Price Was High

Affirmative action and the betrayal of a colorblind society.

BY GEORGE LEEF

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

The Elements of F*cking Style

Meaning What?

Strunk and White for the postliterate set.

BY JIM SWIFT

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

John Steinbeck

Chicanery Row

Even John Steinbeck’s ‘nonfiction’ was fictional.

BY SHAWN MACOMBER

January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18

Henry J. Kaiser at the wheel

Armed and Prosperous

The CEOs who mobilized American war production.

BY DAVID AIKMAN

January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17

Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman

Sing You Sinners

There are bumps along the way, but Les Misérables is worth the trip.

BY JOHN PODHORETZ

January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17

John Allison

Money for Nothing

Who caused the financial collapse? Just about everyone.

BY LEWIS E. LEHRMAN

January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17

The governor of Mecca and members of the Saudi royal family at the Kaaba, 2008

Riddle of the Sands

A view through the two-way mirror of Saudi Arabia.

BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17

The ‘grand design’ spiral galaxy, M81

Starting from Scratch

An infinite number of theories of existence.

BY LAWRENCE KLEPP

January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17

Tracy Spiridakos, Billy Burke, Daniella Alonso, Paras Patel

Rebels with Cause

Power tends to corrupt, and lack of power inspires rebellion.

BY ELI LEHRER

January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17

Visiting Martian, President Jack Nicholson, ‘Mars Attacks!’ (1996)

Art of the Possible

Surprising lessons to be learned in popular culture.

BY BRUCE EDWARD WALKER

December 31 - January 7, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 16

Inside the offices of Faber & Gwyer, London, 1926

Sincerely, Young Possum

T. S. Eliot on the threshold of eminence.

BY WILLIAM H. PRITCHARD

December 31 - January 7, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 16

Rob Lowe, Sheryl Berkoff

Happier Ending

In the ranks of show-biz memoirs, an unexpected gem.

BY JOHN PODHORETZ

December 31 - January 7, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 16

Daniel Klein on Hydra

Growing Older

The best is yet to be, with adjustments.

BY ELISABETH EAVES

December 31 - January 7, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 16

Allen C. Guelzo

Aftermyth of War

The Lost Cause is among the casualties in this definitive history.

BY MACKUBIN THOMAS OWENS

December 31 - January 7, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 16

Suraj Sharma as Pi, with shipmate

Hold That Tiger

Brilliant cinema in the service of one-size-fits-all faith.

BY JOHN PODHORETZ

December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15

In god we trust coins

First Principles

Dennis Prager defines the challenge for America.

BY MICHAEL WARREN

December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15

Citizen of Geneva

The hometown tribute to Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

BY PAULA DEITZ

December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15

Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles, 1871

The German Question

Where did they come from, where are they going?

BY THOMAS A. KOHUT

December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15

Yannick Bison as Det. William Murdoch

Person of Interest

The greatest (fictional) detective just may be Canadian.

BY MICHAEL TAUBE

December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15

Charles Addams, Joan Fontaine (1962)

Black Humorist

The funny-macabre century of Charles Addams.

BY JONATHAN LEAF

December 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 15

‘Self-Portrait with Beret’ (ca. 1899)

Postmodern Cézanne

This is what happens when politics distorts art.

BY MAUREEN MULLARKEY

December 17, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 14

General George C. Marshall (seated, left) and staff at the War Department (1941)

What Would Marshall Do?

Fire some generals, for starters.

BY TIM KANE

December 17, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 14

Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper

Unreal City

Is it possible not to feel good after seeing a feel-good movie?

BY JOHN PODHORETZ

December 17, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 14

Julian Symons

Symons Said

On the trail of a strange, elusive life in literature.

BY MICHAEL DIRDA

December 17, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 14

A series of tubes

Totally Tubular

The nuts and bolts and cables of the Internet.

BY JAMES BOLOGNA

December 17, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 14

Victorian Bloomsbury

Eminent Precursors

Distinguished groups in Bloomsbury before there was a Bloomsbury Group.

BY EDWARD SHORT

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13

Picasso's work

Monochrome Picasso

Weaving the Master’s spell without color.

BY DANIEL GOODMAN

December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13