Tennessee’s Dilemma Tennessee’s Dilemma
Those who say that nothing of importance can be decided at Dayton have, at first glance, reason on their side.
Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Joseph Wood Krutch
Atom Bomb: One World or None Atom Bomb: One World or None
The creation of the atom bomb is the greatest revolution ever accomplished in science--and unquestionably the most frightening.
Aug 23, 2001 / Freda Kirchwey
Tulsa, 1921 Tulsa, 1921
On the 100th anniversary of the riot in that city, we commemorate the report written for this magazine by a remarkable journalist.
Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / The Editors and Walter F. White
Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen? Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen?
So if you managed to endure CBS's three-plus hours of Grammy cov erage, if you survived the sparsely attended protests from GLAAD and NOW, host Jon Stewart's lame commentary, the ...
Jul 9, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kim
We’re All Ears We’re All Ears
An accomplished journalist weaves a narrative about the NSA that includes sympathetic portraits of key players.
May 31, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
The Gift Outright The Gift Outright
Readers of this magazine do not need reminders of the costs of the cold war. The mountains of corpses, the damaged lives, divided families and displaced refugees, the secret poli...
May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Casey Nelson Blake
Blowin’ in His Own Wind Blowin’ in His Own Wind
How the protest singer turned surrealistic prophet.
May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
The Uncertainty Principals The Uncertainty Principals
American intellectuals love the higher gossip because it gives intellectual life here--ignored or sneered at by the public--a good name. Sensational anecdotes (Harvard's Louis Aga...
May 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano
In the Bosom of Jesus In the Bosom of Jesus
The almost exact coincidence in time between the destruction of the Buddha figures by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's renewed jihad against the Brooklyn Mu...
May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Lifestyle’ Choice Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Lifestyle’ Choice
The departure of Tavis Smiley leaves a hole in the programming calendar of BET, but that's only part of the problem.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Makani Themba