Staff Reviews
The Singing Divas of Burlesque
Christina Aguilera and Cher anchor this old-school Hollywood musical
Heeding the Sage of Baltimore
A new edition of H.L. Mencken's Prejudices captures the legendary journalist at his corrosive best.
Some Really Inconvenient Truths
Bjørn Lomborg fights the forces of climate hysteria in the new documentary Cool It.
Corpses, Crimes, and Comic Books
Old Testament justice in the horror comics of the '50s
Heeding the Sage of Baltimore
A new edition of H.L. Mencken's Prejudices captures the legendary journalist at his corrosive best
Briefly Noted Movies, Books, Television, and More
Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian, art from the Japanese internment camps, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, M.I.A.'s political pop, and more.
Coming Up Short
What Michael Lewis' The Big Short gets right-and wrong-about the financial meltdown
On Being a 21st Century Peasant
Environmentalist Bill McKibben's new book on the coming global collapse.
Bailing Out Big Brother
Media criticism goes from rebelling against media oligarchs to handing them a lifeline.
Profane, Pointless…and Profound
The history Gimme Something Better charts punk's cultural triumph.
A Tale of Two Libertarianisms
The conflict between Murray Rothbard and F.A. Hayek highlights an enduring division in the libertarian world.
Who Will Watch The Watchmen?
An interview with National Journal's Shane Harris, author of a new book on the rise of the surveillance state
A Conspiracy So Immense
What a new history of conspiracy theories tells us about Birthers and Truthers
