Children of Crisis, by Robert Coles by Mary Ellmann Some of these "children" are little, the rest look grown-up. The "crisis" in which they are involved is the civil-rights…
Death in Life by Theodore Solotaroff It gets harder and harder to see Susan Sontag through the smoke of opinion that smolders away now on all…
Henry Luce & His Time by Joseph Epstein Henry Luce died on February 28, 1967, but the mention of his name still manages to ignite passions all over…
John F. Kennedy and American Catholicism, by Lawrence H. Fuchs by James O'Gara In accepting his party's nomination for the Presidency, John F. Kennedy told the Democratic convention delegates: "I hope that no…
Judaism, Christianity & the Western Tradition by Hans Jonas If one wishes to assess the respective roles of Jewish and Christian elements in the Western philosophical tradition, one is…
Leon Blum: Humanist in Politics, by Joel Colton by Annie Kriegel At a time when Laborites and Socialists in France are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Front Populaire, there has…
Rise and Slay! by John Thompson Once only in all the years of American Negro slavery did slaves organize a revolt. This was in 1831, in…
The American Left & Israel by Martin Peretz Where the Middle East is concerned, the doctrine which has won so quick an acceptance--in the sectarian press of the…
The Culture of Modernism by Irving Howe In the past hundred years we have had a special kind of literature. We call it modern and distinguish it…
The New Listener’s Companion and Record Guide, by B. H. Haggin; The Toscanini Musicians Knew, by B. H. Haggin by Seymour Rudin A new book by B. H. Haggin has always been something for which, as a serious listener to music and…
The Sound of Bob Dylan by Ellen Willis In five years, Bob Dylan's stance has evolved from proletarian assertiveness to anarchist Angst to pop detachment.
Three Popes and the Jews, by Pinhas E. Lapide by Guenter Lewy Until further archival sources become available, it would seem that everything possible has been said about the silence of Pius…
When He Is Bad by Robert Alter The kindest thing one can say about Philip Roth's new novel is that it is a brave mistake.
