Issue: 2003-12-15
Posted: 2003-12-08
The Talk of The Town
COMMENT/ HAPPY DAYS/ John Cassidy on whether the boom is for real.
SEASON'S GREETING/ BRUSH WITH POWER/ Ben McGrath on the artist behind this yearís White House Christmas card.
THE GOOD FIGHT/ WHEN EDIBLES ATTACK/ Rebecca Mead reports from the Food Allergy Ball in Manhattan.
ON THE BLOCK/ MAKE IT FUNNY/ Tad Friend on how members of the National Lampoon staff went up for sale, at bargain prices.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ JET BLUES/ James Surowiecki on the problems plaguing Boeing.
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY/ Seymour M. Hersh/ Moving Targets / Vietnam-style mission in Iraq.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Larry Doyle/ I Killed Them in New Haven
FICTION/ Roddy Doyle/ "Recuperation"
THE CRITICS
THE ART WORLD/Peter Schjeldahl/ A John Currin retrospective.
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ "Never Gonna Dance."
BOOKS/ Adam Gopnik/ Views of tall buildings.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ "Big Fish," "Girl with a Pearl Earring."
