Issue of 2005-08-22
Posted 2005-08-15
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ Mired/ Hendrik Hertzberg on President Bushís science of evolution.
GONE FISHING/ Snakehead, the Sequel/ Nick Paumgarten goes hunting for a killer fish.
CLOSE READING DEPT./ O.B.L./ Lauren Collins talks with Osama bin Ladenís editor.
FIELD TRIP/ The Pre-Season Kid/ Ben McGrath on a prolific teen-age football writer.
THE WORLD WIDE WEB/ Hello, Loneliness/ Evan Ratliff on an unlikely place to make friends.
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Joel Stein/ THE NEW ARMY RECRUITING PAMPHLET
THE POLITICAL SCENE/ Dan Halpern/ LONE STAR/ Kinky Friedman on the campaign trail.
FICTION/ Gina Ochsner/ "THICKER THAN WATER"
THE CRITICS
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ Overdrive/ Kanye West's high-octane ego.
BOOKS/ Ian Buruma/ Kimworld/ Inside the North Korean slave state.
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Jim Holt/ Say Anything/ Three books find truth under cultural and conceptual assault.
MUSICAL EVENTS/ Alex Ross/ All About Schreker/ A forgotten fin-de-siËcle composer.
DANCING/ Joan Acocella/ After the Fall/ Has Russian ballet finally found a way forward?
THE THEATRE/ Hilton Als/ A New Age Oedipus/ The Five Lesbian Brothers update a myth.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Mad About the Boy/ "Asylum" and "2046."
