All 9 articles by Phyllis Eckhaus

• 30 Jan 07

• Culture

  A Wingnut in Sheeps Clothing

  It's deluded to imagine that human beings are rational creatures. Fearmongering works, which is why every election season... MORE »

• 06 Jan 06

• Culture

  The Northern Slave Trade

  The hidden history of slavery in New York calls myths of American morality into question MORE »

• 04 Nov 05

• Culture

  Empire Made Easy

  Banish those nasty guilt twinges over America's ambitions to empire. Getting a jump on the holidays, Thomas P... MORE »

• 06 Aug 05

• Culture

  Hiroshima: The Falsehood Fallout

  As the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima arrives, two recent books examine the history of atomic weapons MORE »

• 28 Jun 05

• Culture

  Terrornomics

  Why can't we come to terms with terrorism? "Terrorism" is like "pornography"--we think we "know it when... MORE »

• 11 May 05

• Culture

  The Uses and Abuses of Race

  Race facilitates rule. If race did not exist, the powers-that-be would have had to invent it, for an... MORE »

• 29 Mar 05

• Culture

  Fever Dreams

  Call it the curse of class unconsciousness. Against all evidence to the contrary, most Americans imagine they could... MORE »

• 10 Feb 05

• Culture

  Lincoln Unvarnished

  Last month, in his inauguration speech, George W. Bush brazenly assumed the mantle of the Great Emancipator, quoting... MORE »

• 20 Oct 04

• Culture

  Recipe for Disaster

  Never mind the latest Matrix or Star Wars cinematic extravaganza. In this era of sequels, the biggest blockbuster... MORE »