Books & the Arts

Economics for Children Economics for Children

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Dec 14, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eduardo Galeano

Chokehold on the World Chokehold on the World

Are sanctions ethical--or an ill-used weapon of mass destruction?

Dec 14, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Joy Gordon

Double Enmity Double Enmity

Noah Isenberg reviews Communazis, by Alexander Stephan.

Dec 14, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg

Girls, Interrupted Girls, Interrupted

Chris Kraus reviews Cool for You, by Eileen Myles.

Dec 14, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Chris Kraus

Ce N’est Pas un Président Ce N’est Pas un Président

All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.       --John Lennon Florida's electoral mishegoss lends itself to the exploration of an issu...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Long Playwright’s Journey Long Playwright’s Journey

You've got to understand what Sam Shepard meant to us. There are those who know Shepard as a movie star and those who discovered him, earlier on, when he won the Pulitzer ...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Hal Gelb

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

STILL LOSING RUSSIA "As a result of the Yeltsin era, all the fundamental sectors of our state, economic, cultural and moral life have been destroyed or looted," lamented Alexand...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Keepers of the Word Keepers of the Word

O Marvel, that one can give to another what one does not possess. O Miracle of our empty hands.       --George Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest ...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon

Korea’s Fallout Korea’s Fallout

On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, the so-called forgotten war was finally remembered. With the Associated Press's Pulitzer Prize-winning "revelation" a year ago that h...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Margaret Juhae Lee

Life in Fluxus Life in Fluxus

John Lennon once characterized his wife, Yoko Ono, as the world's "most famous unknown artist. Everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does." What she was famous for,...

Nov 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

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