Issue of 2004-09-27
Posted 2004-09-20
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ THE POLITICAL WAR/ George Packer on why Iraq isnít hurting the President.
THE BENCH/ DELETED/ Jeffrey Toobin on the history of wartime freedom of speech.
PUBLICATION DAY/ SWING VOTER/ Adam Green drives around New York with Kitty Kelley.
PARTISANS/ BIG CHEESE/ Blake Eskin on political dairy products.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ PENNY WISE/ James Surowiecki on selling to the poor.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Ian Frazier/ Hooked
PROFILES/ Judith Thurman/ The Candidate's Wife/ Will Teresa Heinz Kerry make a difference?
FICTION/ Zadie Smith/ "Hanwell in Hell"
LETTER FROM IBIZA/ Nick Paumgarten/ The Shoot/ Mert and Marcus on the island of sirens.
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Ruth Franklin/ A Life in Good Taste/ The fashions and follies of Elsie de Wolfe.
BOOKS/ John Updike/ Two's a Crowd/ A new novel from a Portuguese veteran.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Collateral Damage/ David Hare on the march to war in Iraq.
MUSCIAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ Warhorses/ Vital new recordings of Mozart, Bach, and bel canto.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Ghosts/ "The Motorcycle Diaries" and "Shaun of the Dead."
FROM THE ARCHIVES
PROFILES/ Janet Flanner/ Handsprings Across the Sea/ A profile of Elsie de Wolfe, by the writer of the magazine's Letters From Paris from 1925 to 1974 (Nice work if you can get it)/ Issue of 1938-01-15
