Buffoonery of the Mundane Buffoonery of the Mundane
"Felisberto Hernández is a writer like no other," Italo Calvino announced once, "like no European, nor any Latin American.
Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
High Noon: The Rewrite High Noon: The Rewrite
On September 17, PBS aired Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents. On the surface, this documentary is a posthumous homage to a worthy blacklisted screenwriter.
Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ed Rampell
Perception of Doors Perception of Doors
Tom Waits and others cheer The Doors' drummer, John Densmore, for not selling out to the corporations.
Sep 19, 2002 / Our Readers
The Right’s Judicial Juggernaut The Right’s Judicial Juggernaut
Democrats, faced with Scalia and Thomas clones, are finally saying: Ideology matters.
Sep 19, 2002 / Feature / Jack Newfield
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
THE WHITE APPLES.
By Jonathan Carroll.
Oxford. 384 pp pp. $$24.95.
Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carl Bromley
A Dangerous Game A Dangerous Game
One year later, September 11 has certainly lived up to the early claim of being a transformative moment, at least for Americans.
Sep 19, 2002 / Richard Falk
What’s Working In Your Town? What’s Working In Your Town?
We're trying to survey all the many good ideas being tried outside the range of the Beltway pundits. So tell us about any local, state or municipal initiative in your area that you...
Sep 19, 2002 / The Nation
Sham Pension Reform Sham Pension Reform
When George W. Bush isn't peddling war, he's been goading the Senate to join the Republican House in passing pension reform.
Sep 19, 2002 / Robert L. Borosage
Women Move Up Women Move Up
Shannon O'Brien had advantages going into the campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. As the state treasurer, she'd won a statewide race.
Sep 19, 2002 / John Nichols
A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos, A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos,
Osama's split and Wall Street's sagging.
It's time to get that puppy wagging.
Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin