Issue of 2004-12-13
Posted 2004-12-06
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ POWER PLAYS/ Philip Gourevitch on whatís wrong at the United Nations.
LOAVES AND FISHES/ BIG WINNER/ Ben McGrath weighs the holiday sights.
OUGHTA BE A LAW DEPT./ GOOD FOR THE GOOSE/ Dana Goodyear on the criminalization of foie gras.
DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION/ MEXICO/ Nick Paumgarten takes in the truck-bed-beach scene.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ IT PAYS TO STAY/ James Surowiecki on local corporate incentives.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Woody Allen/ Surprise Rocks Disney Trial
ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY/ Malcolm Gladwell/ The Picture Problem/ Do we have too much faith in photographs?
FICTION/ Louise Erdrich/ "Disaster Stamps of Pluto"
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Joan Acocella/ Holy Smoke/ What were the Crusades really about?
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ A Clear View/ In English, yet.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Playing Your Hunches/ "Pacific Overtures" and "Doubt."
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Partners/ "Closer" and "House of Flying Daggers."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
FICTION/ Louise Erdrich/ A Wedge of Shade/ Issue of 1998-03-06
EXCERPT/ Lillian Ross/ The Third Decade: 1945-1954/ An essay on cartoons, from The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker [which would still make someone an excellent holiday gift, don't you think?]
