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Band of Insiders Band of Insiders

I know, you're too hip to see Troy.

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Metaphysical Couple The Metaphysical Couple

This book has a past, which begins at least in 1995, when Elzbieta Ettinger brought out a controversial account of the unpublished correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Martin...

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Carol Brightman

From the Prompter’s Box From the Prompter’s Box

Those first-nights when I see my charge's panic, And, in quick whispers, slip him mislaid lines, Untangled recognition scenes will light

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn

The North Korean Conundrum The North Korean Conundrum

In the prevailing American stereotype, North Korea is a failing Stalinist dictatorship held together only by the ruthless repression of a mad ruler who dreams of firing nuclear w...

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Selig S. Harrison

Robert Silvers

The Rebirth of the NYRB The Rebirth of the NYRB

The highbrow literary magazine has re-emerged as a combative political actor.

May 20, 2004 / Feature / Scott Sherman

Who Let the Punks Out? Who Let the Punks Out?

The young and the angry mosh the vote for the November election.

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kristin V. Jones

Hawks Eating Crow Hawks Eating Crow

The Bush Administration has not made it easy on its supporters. David Brooks now admits that he was gripped with a "childish fantasy" about Iraq.

May 20, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Do You Feel a Draft? Do You Feel a Draft?

The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.

May 20, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Coalition Authority Explains Democracy to the Iraqi People The Coalition Authority Explains Democracy to the Iraqi People

We'll give you back the country soon. Your leaders at the end of June Will be there democratically. We'll let you know soon who they'll be.

May 20, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Nation Notes Nation Notes

Katha Pollitt has been named the Charles Lawrence Keith Fellow at the Nation Institute.

May 20, 2004 / The Editors

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