Paul Berman

The Rise and Fall of a Radical Journalist

History handed Alexander Cockburn a great opportunity, but he blew it

Why Do Iraq's Rebels Have So Many Different Names?

The ghastly semantics of the Islamic State

García Márquez Liberated the Spanish Language from the Tyranny of the Past

The Revolutions of 1989 Are Not Over

And neither is the resistance to them.

The True Story of America's First Black Female Slave Novelist

The woman behind 'The Bondwoman's Narrative'

Pete Seeger's Magnificent, But Messy, Legacy

Stop Hating Scrooge!

The 'Christmas Carol' curmudgeon is a forward-thinking liberal

Why Bill de Blasio's Nicaraguan Work Worries Me

Bill de Blasio Should Embrace Democratic Socialism in New York City

Parents Absolutely Should Force Their Kids to Take Music Lessons

A Pop Star Is Dead, But Her Sexiness Is Immortal

What Camus Understood About the Middle East

Arguing Iraq—Ten Years Later

A symposium

The Strange Power of Les Mis, the Book

Victor Hugo's Hard-nosed Melodrama