The good news about the Henry Louis Gates fiasco
America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad?
Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 10:22 AM UTC 334Entertainment Paul Shirley, Academia, Harvard
America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad?
Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 10:22 AM UTC 334What if Hitler had a love child? A.N. Wilson's "Winnie and Wolf" is a chilling fictional tale of a clandestine affair.
Tuesday, Nov 25, 2008 11:29 AM UTC 32When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
Thursday, Nov 6, 2008 11:48 AM UTC 102Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people.
Monday, Nov 3, 2008 12:04 PM UTC 112Overconfident, smug, convinced of her superiority -- the vice-presidential candidate doesn't belong in the White House; she belongs on basic cable.
Monday, Oct 27, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 94The masterful and ambitious "Fault Lines" reveals how history gets erased and reinvented, and hints at how it might repeat itself.
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 10:30 AM UTCIs David Alan Grier's flava-ful new sketch comedy show a black version of "The Daily Show"?
Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008 10:30 AM UTC 15With their passionate new album, "Dear Science," TV on the Radio stake their claim as a great American rock band.
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 10:49 AM UTC 55A messed-up Midwestern family grapples with buried secrets in Sandra's Kring's gripping saga "Thank You for All Things."
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 10:23 AM UTCThe cinema icon talks about reshaping American mythology with his WWII epic, "Miracle at St. Anna," and what Hollywood would look like if he were in charge.
Thursday, Sep 25, 2008 10:30 AM UTC 19Why does Barack Obama have to be Virgil Tibbs? Or Denzel Washington in "Crimson Tide"? Or any other angry black archetype?
Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 10:53 AM UTC 96A new book looks at American masculinity and the dangers posed by disgruntled guys.
Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 10:45 AM UTC 183"America's Next Top Model" introduces a preoperative transsexual. But is this a step toward enlightenment -- or just another excuse to throw stones?
Monday, Sep 8, 2008 5:40 PM UTC 25"Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?
Monday, Aug 25, 2008 3:10 PM UTC 59Is this comedy about a heavy-metal wannabe a Gen X rock 'n' roll fantasy?
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 10:30 AM UTC 27MTV's "From G's to Gents" pits thugs against one another to see who can become the most refined. But what does it take to be a gentleman, anyway?
Monday, Aug 4, 2008 10:15 AM UTC 12Today in annoying studies: Overweight women who want to lose weight should exercise longer. Duh.
Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 8:05 PM UTC 100Trent Reznor doesn't just want you to steal his new songs, he wants you to tear them up.
Monday, Jul 28, 2008 10:42 AM UTC 16Who invented jokes, and why do we laugh at them? Jim Holt discusses the history of funny.
Monday, Jul 21, 2008 10:42 AM UTC 21Yes, he was hellspawn, but the left owes a great debt to the late, unlamented (racist, homophobic) senator.
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