Issue of 2004-02-09
Posted 2004-02-02
The Talk of The Town
COMMENT/ BLAME GAME/ John Cassidy on the weapons inspector David Kayís testimony to Congress.
YOU DONíT SAY DEPT./ CHEW ON/ Ben McGrath considers the newest mental boosterógum chewing.
WORKS IN PROGRESS/ TONY STEW/ Rebecca Mead attends a reading of Tony Kushnerís unfinished play.
TRACKS/ THE MOUSE THAT REMIXED/ Ben Greenman on the making of "The Grey Album."
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ OTHER PEOPLEíS MONEY/ James Surowiecki on Conrad Blackís fatal miscalculation.
CAMPAIGN JOURNAL/ Philip Gourevitch/ The Shakeout/ The Democrats and John Kerryís rise.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Nancy Franklin/ My Comeuppance
PROFILES/ Hilton Als/ The Islander/ Derek Walcottís Caribbean epic
FICTION/ Nicole Krauss/ "The Last Words on Earth"
THE CRITICS
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ They Like to Watch/ Bertolucciís "The Dreamers."
BOOKS/ Anthony Lane/ Back to Basics/ Joe Eszterhasís "Hollywood Animal."
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Express Yourself/ The artist as curator at MOMA.
THE SKY LINE/ Paul Goldberger/ Slings and Arrows/ The architectural machinations at Ground Zero can be treacherous.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY/ Seymour R. Hersh/ THE STOVEPIPE/ How conflicts between the Bush Administration and the intelligence community marred the reporting on Iraqís weapons. [Originally published 2003-10-27]
PROFILES/ Joe Klein/ THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY/ Can a Massachusetts Brahmin become President? [Originally published 2002-12-02]
FOLDER/ The Campaign Trail/ Collected coverage of the 2004 Campaign and selected profiles from the archive. [See? There's all kinds of stuff on newyorker.com, when they're kind enough to link to it. via TMN]