Scarlet Letter’s Last Blush Scarlet Letter’s Last Blush
REBELS WITH A CAUSE A director, now an old man, alone, sits in his tidy house by the sea, everything in its place, the notebooks piled in their drawer, the letter opener and pen n...
Feb 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
Vietnam: ‘Quagmire’ Quackery Vietnam: ‘Quagmire’ Quackery
Another book on the Vietnam War? Yes, and one well worth our attention. Enough time has now passed that A.J. Langguth's Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975 serves not only as a wonder...
Feb 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David Rudenstine
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
Porn’s Compassionate Conservatism Porn’s Compassionate Conservatism
With a more prudish administration assuming office, pornographers are carefully tailoring their product so as not to offend—or be the target of investigations.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Mark Cromer
The West Indies The West Indies
A survey of films from this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich
Greedlock in Congress Greedlock in Congress
Single-payer healthcare is favored by the public, yet the insurance industry has too much to lose if it is enacted.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Kip Sullivan
A Prince Among Men A Prince Among Men
REDISCOVERING HAMLET When, halfway through Hamlet, the prince proclaims that the purpose of playing is "to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature," the players listen. As ...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carol Rocamora
Path of Least Resistance? Path of Least Resistance?
"Yes, nonviolence is a noble ideal, but do you really think it would stop a Hitler?" Or a street thug, a dictator, a death squad? Pacifists are long accustomed to these...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy
New China Hand New China Hand
Quite recently yet another of Jasper Becker's indispensable dispatches from China appeared in his newspaper, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. "Every year," Becker re...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / James North
The Future of the Public Intellectual: A Forum The Future of the Public Intellectual: A Forum
The following debate is adapted from a forum--put together by Basic Books and held in New York City some weeks ago. Participating were: John Donatich, who moderated and is publis...
Jan 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Various Participants