Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday 31 October 2012


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This week on nybooks.com: Architectural preservation, Obama’s record, a new film of Wuthering Heights, America and the world, Quintus Cicero’s election advice, and Gaza’s economy.
Architecture

Smash It: Who Cares?

Martin Filler

Architectural landmark preservation, from Stuttgart’s Central Station to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House.
Politics

We’re Still Puzzled

Kwame Anthony Appiah

On The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House by Edward Klein, and The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era by Michael Grunwald.
Foreign Policy

America Forgets the World

Jonathan Freedland

As the debates showed, no matter who wins in November, this is an America whose world is slowly shrinking.
Campaigning

How to Win the Election

Mary Beard

For decades, if not centuries, Quintus Cicero’s advice has been adjusted to match our own political systems and processes. The latest translation of his “Handbook on Electioneering” is no different. The truth is that it is not quite so familiar as it is often made to appear.
Palestine

Gaza: A Way Out?

Nicolas Pelham

The tunnels connecting Gaza with Egypt have enabled Hamas to thrive amid an external siege. Yet they are also a reminder of how fragile the territory’s recovery may be.
Film

Taming Wuthering Heights

Francine Prose

Andrea Arnold’s recent adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel is by no means the worst. But none of the versions I’ve seen have been very good.
Symposium

The Election

Michael Tomasky, Elizabeth Drew, Cass Sunstein, Frank Rich, David Cole, Ronald Dworkin, Russell Baker, Darryl Pinckney, David Bromwich, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Steven Weinberg, Garry Wills, Jeffrey Sachs
Thirteen contributors survey the issues at stake on November 6.