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Paul Berman

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August 2, 2014
Paul Berman
The Rise and Fall of a Radical Journalist
History handed Alexander Cockburn a great opportunity, but he blew it
June 16, 2014
Paul Berman
Why Do Iraq's Rebels Have So Many Different Names?
The ghastly semantics of the Islamic State
April 18, 2014
Paul Berman
García Márquez Liberated the Spanish Language from the Tyranny of the Past
March 16, 2014
Paul Berman
The Revolutions of 1989 Are Not Over
And neither is the resistance to them.
February 11, 2014
Paul Berman
The True Story of America's First Black Female Slave Novelist
The woman behind 'The Bondwoman's Narrative'
January 28, 2014
Paul Berman
Pete Seeger's Magnificent, But Messy, Legacy
December 27, 2013
Paul Berman
Stop Hating Scrooge!
The 'Christmas Carol' curmudgeon is a forward-thinking liberal
September 30, 2013
Paul Berman
Why Bill de Blasio's Nicaraguan Work Worries Me
September 26, 2013
Paul Berman
Bill de Blasio Should Embrace Democratic Socialism in New York City
September 20, 2013
Paul Berman
Parents Absolutely Should Force Their Kids to Take Music Lessons
August 14, 2013
Paul Berman
A Pop Star Is Dead, But Her Sexiness Is Immortal
August 13, 2013
Paul Berman
What Camus Understood About the Middle East
March 20, 2013
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Paul Berman, Leon Wieseltier, Michael Ignatieff, David Greenberg, James P. Rubin, David Rieff, John B. Judis
Arguing Iraq—Ten Years Later
A symposium
March 9, 2013
Paul Berman
The Source of El Comandante's Power
Hugo Chavez: The Source of His Power
March 2, 2013
Paul Berman
The Strange Power of Les Mis, the Book
Victor Hugo's Hard-nosed Melodrama
February 22, 2013
Paul Berman
Welcome to Phase Three of the Arab Spring
Islamists are waning in the Arab world. But will Obama notice?
December 7, 2012
Paul Berman
The Rushdie Affair and the Struggle Against Islamism
December 7, 2012
Paul Berman
How Europe Earned Its Nobel Peace Prize
October 23, 2012
Paul Berman
Obama’s Two Most Revealing Moments in Last Night’s Debate
October 19, 2012
Paul Berman
The Novel That Frightened Hamas and the Arab League

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