Music for Chameleons Music for Chameleons
When they came for Newton Arvin, as he had always known they someday would--the sex cops, the truth squad, the Cossacks, fathers and philistines--he spilled his beings. In the cro...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
Unite and Conquer Unite and Conquer
Los Angeles organizers may have clinched the city's title as a laboratory for cutting-edge economic justice policy with a deal concluded in late May between grassroots groups and ...
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Living Wage Comes of Age Living Wage Comes of Age
An increasingly sophisticated movement has put opponents on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Gender Unbender Gender Unbender
Pierre Bourdieu's newsworthiness has become news. The profile of him in the New York Times deals more with how bright his star is than with its substance, and quite a bit of the a...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter
A.I. at Universal U A.I. at Universal U
Thinks..., David Lodge's new novel about cognitive science, university politics and marital infidelity, shows once again the author's knack for making intellectual concepts user-f...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David L. Sweet
A Strong Dollar Clouds Prospects For Quick Rebound A Strong Dollar Clouds Prospects For Quick Rebound
--Headline, New York Times The dollar's strong. That must be good. It's doing what a dollar should. Not so. The world cannot afford our...
Jul 12, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Passing the Buck in Florida Passing the Buck in Florida
Joseph Heller would have had a field day with the hearings of the US Commission on Civil Rights in Tallahassee last week.
Jul 9, 2001 / John Lantigua
Questions for Ashcroft Questions for Ashcroft
As the Senate begins its hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General, it is important to focus on the different roles that his office plays in the administrati...
Jul 9, 2001 / Leon Friedman