Grade inflation at Cornell; what the Saudis are teaching Muslims in America; what the UN does better than the United States
Katrina is causing the budget deficit to explode while also inflicting a supply-side shock on the economy. This is an especially toxic combination.
A guide to additional releases
A guide to additional releases: a prodigy's rise and fall; Gordimer's and Coetzee's latest fiction; Chicago's greatest brothel
Why we need historians in debates about today's cultures
Is the political newcomer who came from behind in Tuesday's messy Republican primary a good ol' boy or a rebel?
A reply to David Frum
The presence of U.N. inspectors would help allay suspicions that the U.S. is planting phony evidence