The Notes Taken

Whatever the rules for choosing one's favorite books of the year, the first is probably not to begin with self-reflexive commentary. Nev...

We're going to break with tradition this week and post the material planned for the Sunday Review on Saturday, so that you have all week...

We're at the point where we are going to start wrapping up 2009. We're going to start with our best essays. Each produced a spike in...