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The Evil of Banality
Troubling new revelations about Arendt and Heidegger.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Oct 30, 2009   Spectator, The  
Worst Framing Device Ever
How the misbegotten phrase public option has undermined health care reform.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Oct 13, 2009   Spectator, The  
The Nabokov Code
A first encounter with Laura, his last, unfinished work.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Sep 24, 2009   Spectator, The  
Who Are You Calling Genius?
It's time to retire the term.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Sep 09, 2009   Spectator, The  
Will the Pentagon Thwart Obama's Dream of Zero?
How serious is the president about nuclear disarmament?  
Ron Rosenbaum   Aug 21, 2009   Spectator, The  
An Open Letter to Jon Stewart
Bring back Leibowitz!  
Ron Rosenbaum   Jul 24, 2009   Spectator, The  
The Best Way To Speak Shakespeare
It will make you catch your breath.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Jun 17, 2009   Spectator, The  
Save the Salinger Archives!
Even if we have to save them from Salinger himself.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Jun 05, 2009   Spectator, The  
2012: Tsunami of Stupidity
Why the latest apocalyptic cult is a silly scam.  
Ron Rosenbaum   May 22, 2009   Spectator, The  
The New Nuke Porn
Our nuclear fantasies have gotten more hard-core.  
Ron Rosenbaum   May 08, 2009   Spectator, The  
Should We Care What Shakespeare Did in Bed?
The controversy over a sexy new portrait.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Apr 02, 2009   Spectator, The  
Choctaw Bingo
A modest proposal for a new national anthem.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Mar 13, 2009   Spectator, The  
Not the Usual Suspects
Three detective novels that restore pleasure to reading.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Mar 02, 2009   Spectator, The  
Don't Give an Oscar to The Reader
We don't need another "redemptive" Holocaust movie.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Feb 09, 2009   Spectator, The  
The Worst Pop Singer Ever
Why, exactly, is Billy Joel so bad?  
Ron Rosenbaum   Jan 23, 2009   Spectator, The  
The Letter of Last Resort
The decision about nuclear apocalypse lying in a safe at the bottom of the sea.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Jan 09, 2009   Spectator, The  
Where Are the Jewish Gangsters of Yesteryear?
Or, what we can learn about "respectability" from Bernie Madoff and Meyer Lansky.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Dec 18, 2008   Spectator, The  
Give the Guy a Butt!
Let Obama smoke in the White House.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Dec 10, 2008   Spectator, The  
Everything You Need To Know About Hitler's "Missing" Testicle
And why we're so obsessed the Führer's sex life.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Nov 28, 2008   Spectator, The  
The Good Life of a New-Media Guru
Is Jeff Jarvis gloating too much about the death of print?  
Ron Rosenbaum   Nov 11, 2008   Spectator, The  
The Opera's New Clothes
Why I walked out of Doctor Atomic.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Oct 24, 2008   Spectator, The  
The Bloomberg Syndrome
The New York mayor's power grab is a symptom of a national problem.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Oct 09, 2008   Spectator, The  
Shakespeare's Bootlegger, Dylan's Biographer, Nabokov, and Me
When should an unauthorized version be authorized?  
Ron Rosenbaum   Sep 23, 2008   Spectator, The  
New Literary Art Form Discovered!
In praise of the praise of poetry.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Sep 05, 2008   Spectator, The  
Crossword, Sudoku Plague Threatens America!
The puzzle of puzzle people.  
Ron Rosenbaum   Aug 20, 2008   Spectator, The  
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