Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005 Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005
Eugene McCarthy, the Senate dove who in 1968 challenged Lyndon Johnson's conduct of the Vietnam War, died Saturday at the age of 89. In this 2004 review of Dominic Sandbrook's biog...
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Quiet in Hollywood Quiet in Hollywood
The Quiet American, which recently opened for a two-week run in a couple of theaters in New York and Los Angeles, illustrates just how far Hollywood self-censorship has gone in...
Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Fire at Will Fire at Will
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Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK.
By Stephen L. Carter.
Knopf. 657 pp. $26.95.
Aug 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Letters Letters
MIA: WOMEN FIGHTING STATE TERROR Jerusalem We would like to thank Alexander Cockburn for his excellent March 25 "Beat the Devil" column, "The Nightmare in Is...
Apr 11, 2002 / Jon Wiener and Our Readers
Denmark Vesey: A New Verdict Denmark Vesey: A New Verdict
A historian questions whether he led a slave revolt, but his heroism still stands.
Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Politically Incorrect Politically Incorrect
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Jan 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Southern Explosure Southern Explosure
Thirty-eight years after the bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, two of the four principals are dead, but the issues are still full of life. Thomas Blanton Jr. is ...
May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Acid Rock: A Flashback Acid Rock: A Flashback
Nick Bromell's Tomorrow Never Knows explores rock and roll in the sixties.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Lennon’s Greatest Hits Lennon’s Greatest Hits
December 8, 2000: It was twenty years ago today that Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside the Dakota on West 72nd Street in New York City, bringing whatever was...
Nov 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener