A Look at Israel by Midge Decter It is impossible, of course, to experience Israel as one might, or even might not, experience any other place on…
A Note on Vietnamization by Norman Podhoretz "Nathan Glazer (p. 33) tells us that he is embarrassed to add to the millions upon millions of words which…
A Percentage of the Take, by Walter Goodman by Roger Starr The Marcus case broke in December 1967, with headlines announcing that James Marcus, Mayor Lindsay's Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas,…
Families Against the City; The Uses of Disorder, by Richard Sennett by Melvyn Dubofsky Richard Sennett, whose works and ideas have come in for enthusiastic attention in recent months, would seem to propound a…
Founders & Fur Traders by Louis Berg On September 30, 1847, when the founding father of Montgomery, Alabama, cradle city of the Southern Confederacy, had reached his…
Inventing the Young by Joseph Adelson There are two dominant imaginings of the young--as victims and as visionaries. More often than not, the two images coalesce.
Of a Fire on the Moon, by Norman Mailer by John P. Sisk In a sense, this book was the inevitable next move for a writer who, having pitted himself against the likes…
Paganism-Christianity-Judaism, by Max Brod by Commentary Bk In his essay, "Apologetic Thinking" (1923) Franz Rosenzweig noted the peculiar predicament of the Jewish apologist.
Scenes from a “Special” Classroom by Johanna Kaplan The first time I saw the classroom that was later to become mine, none of the children was in it,…
The Beautiful People’s Beauty Book, by Luciana Pignatelli by Anne Hollander Beauty manuals have existed in Western culture for centuries, ever since Ovid's "Ars Amatoria" and probably before.
The City in Literature by Irving Howe Simplicity, at least in literature, is a complex idea. Pastoral poetry, which has been written for more than two thousand…
Vietnam: The Case for Immediate Withdrawal by Nathan Glazer One is embarrassed to add new words on Vietnam. Already there have been millions, and despite the good sense so…
