Issue of 2004-08-02
Posted 2004-07-26
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ BIG DOINGS/ Roger Angell on whatís happening this summer.
SPORTS DEPT./ THE FLOOR MOVED/ Ben McGrath follows a basketball court across town.
THE BENCH/ U.S. V. STEWART, PART II/ Jeffrey Toobin on an embattled defense lawyer.
THE LITTLE GUY/ CHEAP GAS/ Field Maloney reports on a renegade gas-station owner.
ON THE SET/ CANDIDATE/ Michael Agger on the making of a meta-movie.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Bruce McCall/ Do Not Remove from Visor.
A REPORTER AT LARGE/ Lawrence Wright/ The Terror Web/ Were the Madrid bombings part of a new Al Qaeda strategyódriven by the Internet?
FICTION/ Richard Ford/ "The Shore"
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/Hendrik Hertzberg/ The Politician/ Bill Clintonís "My Life."
THE SKY LINE/ Paul Goldberger/ Shanghai on the Hudson/ Jersey City wants to be like lower Manhattan, only neat and clean.
DANCING/ Joan Acocella/ Life Steps/ The Frederick Ashton centennial.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Baby Shower/ "She Hate Me."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
THE TALK OF THE TOWN/ Four essays published during the 1992 Democratic Convention/ Issue of 1992-07-27
Notes and Comment/ Charles McGrath/ "We're a people that likes to orate, and to be orated at."
Activist/ William Finnegan/ "suburbs, protectionism, and Madonna"
Topless/ Elizabeth Wurtzel/ "'Youíve got to give these girls a lot of money,' the young man said. 'They work hard. They deserve it. Itís the democratic thing to do.'"
Choices/ Susan Orlean/ "'I came all the way from New Mexico to sell to these cheap Democrats.'"
PROFILES/ Joe Klein/ THE LONG WAR OF JOHN KERRY/Can a Massachusetts Brahmin become President?/ Issue of 2002-12-02
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON/ Nicholas Lemann/ THE NEWCOMER/ Senator John Edwards is this season's Democratic rising star./ Issue of 2002-05-06