London After Bloomsbury London After Bloomsbury
A review of On the Wing: A Young American Abroad, by Nora Sayre.
Nov 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Hazel Rowley
Expressway to Yr Skull Expressway to Yr Skull
Indie rock, once the soundtrack of the 1980s and early '90s, is largely gone, but it had a rich history.
Nov 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Star
Running Out of Targets (A Pilot’s Lament) Running Out of Targets (A Pilot’s Lament)
We're running out of targets, guys, There's nothing to destroy. They simply don't have buildings here, Like Baghdad or Hanoi. Today I sent a missile off And said, "That's all she wrote." It turned out that I'd vaporized Two camels and a goat. So let's go back to Serbia. These gunsights have to glom On something that's not rocks or sand. There's nothing here to bomb.
Nov 1, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Other Races to Watch Other Races to Watch
MUNICIPAL UPHEAVALS The highest-profile fight nationally has to be the race to succeed New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, with labor-backed Democrat Mark Green and Republican Mic...
Oct 25, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
MUD-Wrestling in California MUD-Wrestling in California
San Franciscans will vote on whether to create a public power company.
Oct 25, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
Twin Peaks Twin Peaks
Lifestyle sections have lately been detailing the public's renewed appetite for comfort food. If that rice-pudding desire translates to the big screen, then cinematic fairy tales t...
Oct 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich
Day-O, an Afghan Calypso Day-O, an Afghan Calypso
(With apologies to Harry Belafonte, among others) Bombed all night by dat Yankee bunch Daylight come and de bombers go home Now dey'll drop some cashew crunch Daylight ...
Oct 25, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity
It is hard to write a column like this under the present circumstances. It is hard to comment on what is happening in the world if the military regulates everything. And yet it i...
Oct 25, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Letters Letters
MUDDLED NATION New York City On October 11, an alliance of Latinos, blacks and union members came close to a historic victory in New York. Alas, media rang...
Oct 25, 2001 / Our Readers
A Legal Recounting A Legal Recounting
Judge Richard Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is an intellectual force to be reckoned with. The author, seemingly, of more books written whil...
Oct 25, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Leonard H. Becker