Issue: 2003-12-22 and 29
Posted: 2003-12-15
The Talk of The Town
COMMENT/ WINNING AND LOSING/ Philip Gourevitch on how Iraq resembles Algeria.
PERILS/ SURVIVOR: HOLIDAY EDITION/ Nick Paumgarten prepares for the worst.
THE BENCH/ SILLY OLD BEAR V. MOUSE/ Jeffrey Toobin on the characters in a Los Angeles court case.
THE STUMP/ DEAN WAY UPTOWN/ Ben McGrath at the Gore endorsement in Harlem.
NOTICE/ NOBITUARY/ Andy Borowitz remembers the not yet departed.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ GOING DUTCH/ James Surowiecki on how the upcoming Google I.P.O. could change Wall Street.
PERSONAL HISTORY/ George Saunders/ Chicago Christmas, 1984/ Gambling away the holidays.
FICTION/ Lorrie Moore/ "Debarking"
WINTER STORIES
"Hot or Cold," by Maile Meloy
"Let It Snow," by David Sedaris
"By the Road," by Ian Frazier
"The Weather in the Streets," by Mary Robison
"Turn Signals," by Louise Erdrich
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/James Wood/ A new translation of "Don Quixote."
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ Tracey Scott Wilsonís "The Story."
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Alex Ross/ Did Tolkien steal Wagnerís ring?
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ "Cold Mountain," "Somethingís Gotta Give," "Mona Lisa Smile."
