Issue of 2005-05-30
Posted 2005-05-23
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ BIG NEWS WEEK/ Hendrik Hertzberg on Newsweek, the White House, and the fallout from the Guant·namo allegations.
THE BENCH/ GIRLS BEHAVING BADLY/ Jeffrey Toobin on a legal battle raging within a feminist art organization.
ENDANGERED SPECIES DEPT./ THE VILLAGE HILLS/ Rebecca Mead on trying to save the mounds in Washington Square Park.
DYNASTIES/ MODERN AT NINETY/ Calvin Tomkins on celebrating David Rockefeller's birthday.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ LOCAL KNOWLEDGE/ James Surowiecki on how geography is still destiny when it comes to medical care.
ANNALS OF SCIENCE/ H. Allen Orr/ MASTER PLANNED/ Why intelligent design isn't.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Ian Frazier/ Chinese Arithmetic
PROFILES?/ Connie Bruck/ McCain's Party/ Arizona Senator John McCain and his possible run for the presidency in 2008, I guess. It's not online.
THE SKY LINE/ Paul Goldberger/ A New Beginning/ Why We Should Build Apartments at Ground Zero [via wirednewyork.com forums]
FICTION/ David Bezmozgis/ "The Russian Riviera"
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Arthur Krystal/ Carpe Noctem/ A little night history.
THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ The Great Divide/ Class lines, countries, and oceans are crossed Off Broadway.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ The Waves/ "Tristan" in Paris, and "Cyrano" at the Met.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ String Theory/ Jasper Johns's new work.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Free Choice/ "The Ninth Day" and "Madagascar."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
ANNALS OF VIETNAM/ James Carroll/ A Friendship That Ended the War/ Chronicling the friendship between Senators John McCain and John Kerry/ Issue of 1996-10-21
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