Issue of 2005-03-14
Posted 2004-03-07
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ NUKE íEM/ Hendrik Hertzberg on the sharp double edge of the Senate filibuster.
DEPT. OF CALCULATION/ CRED/ Ben McGrath on a group of undercover homeless decoys.
DEPT. OF AMPLIFICATION/ REPRIEVE/ Jeffrey Toobin follows up with a death-row inmate.
TAXONOMY/ MONKEY BIDNESS/ Mark Singer on the naming of a new primate species.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ NET WORTH/ James Surowiecki on the struggle between management and talent.
FICTION/ Anne Enright/ "Della"
ANNALS OF INNOVATION/ Chandler Burr/ The Scent of the Nile/ A master perfumer goes into the lab.
BACKSTAGE NOTES/ John Seabrook/ Hands and Eyes/ Where Dolce stops and Gabbana begins.
THE BACK PAGE/ Paul Rudnick/ "Royal Wedding Day Schedule for H.M. Queen Elizabeth"
THE CRITICS
BOOKS/ Adam Kirsch/ Smashed/ The pulp poetry of Charles Bukowski.
BOOKS/ John Updike/ Mixed Messages/ "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ Model Citizens/ Tyra Banks lines up the future of fashion.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Scoundrel Time/ Trials and tribulations on Broadway and Off.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Beginnings/ "Head On."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
PROFILE/ Hippolyta, aka Janet Flanner/ Perfume and Politics/ A profile of perfumer FranÁois Coty./ Issue of 1930-05-03