Issue of 2005-01-03
Posted 2004-12-27
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ GETTING WARMER/ Elizabeth Kolbert on the facts of Michael Crichtonís fiction.
DEPT. OF SHOE LEATHER/ WALK ON/ Ben McGrath steps out with a remarkably thorough pedestrian.
BAH HUMBUG DEPT./ PLUCK YOU/ Nick Paumgarten talks hawk with the pornographer Al Goldstein.
SMALL WORLD DEPT./ CHEERS/ Ann Hodgman on a gathering of miniature-drink makers.
DEPT. OF WARMTH/ VESTIBULE/ Ian Parker meets a reluctant door dresser.
LETTER FROM AMSTERDAM/ Ian Buruma/ Final Cut/ A murder strains a tradition of tolerance.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Dan Greenburg/ Expected Legislation from the President
ANNALS OF MEDICINE/ Alix Spiegel/ The Dictionary of Disorder/ How one man redefined psychiatric care.
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Malcolm Gladwell/ The Vanishing/ In "Collapse," Jared Diamond shows how societies destroy themselves.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ A Lovely Couple/ Bolcom's "A Wedding" at Chicago Lyric, and Handel's "Rodelinda" at the Met.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Mr. Wrong/ Neil LaBute's "Fat Pig."
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Unmasked/ "The Phantom of the Opera," "The Merchant of Venice."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
LETTER FROM ROTTERDAM/ Elizabeth Kolbert/ Beyond Tolerance/ A report on the strange career and death of Pim Fortuyn/ Issue of 2002-09-09
TALK OF THE TOWN/ Ballyhoo/ John Lahr recounts his evening with Tony Kushner for the Tony Awards/ Issue of 1993-06-21
