Issue of 2005-07-11 & 18
Posted 2005-07-04
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ DECISIONS, DECISIONS/ Louis Menand on Sandra Day O'Connor.
SPORTS DEPT./ TEAM FOR SALE/ Hendrik Hertzberg on George Soros's bid for the Washington Nationals baseball team.
AROUND CITY HALL/ THE PUBLIC WHAT?/ Ben McGrath on the race for the city's second-ranking post.
FIGHTING WORDS/ WHATEVER/ Nick Paumgarten on why Russell Crowe got angry.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ ALL THE OIL IN CHINA?/ James Surowiecki on the Chinese government's bid for Unocal.
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS/ Calvin Tomkins/ The Missing Madonna/ The Met's fifty-million-dollar painting.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Ian Frazier/ Square One
ANNALS OF ENTERPRISE/ Kevin Conley/ The Players/ Poker becomes a career path of choice.*
A REPORTER AT LARGE/ Jane Mayer/ The Experiment/ Is the military devising new methods of interrogation at Guant·namo?*
LETTER FROM BEIJING/ Jianying Zha/ The Turtles/ The star couple of Chinese real estate.*
FICTION/ Allegra Goodman/ "Long-Distance Client"
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Margaret Talbot/ The Candy Man/ Why children love Roald Dahlís storiesóand many adults don't.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Two Views/ CÈzanne vs. Pissarro.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Stayin' Alive/ "War of the Worlds" and "Hustle & Flow."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
ANNALS OF JUSTICE/ Jane Mayer/ Outsourcing Torture/ The secret history of America's 'extraordinary rendition' program./ Issue of 2005-02-14 [see other articles from this issue.]
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