The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright
Several of the recent Whitney Biennials have aspired to something more than a display of "the latest in American Art," to cite the phrase used to advertise the current sh...
Apr 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Unfinished Revolution The Unfinished Revolution
I was 25 when I and the rest of black South Africa were eligible to vote for the first time. South Africa celebrated the tenth anniversary of that event this April.
Apr 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Sean Jacobs
Unforgettable Unforgettable
"This is a book written in the presence of music." So begins Geoffrey O'Brien's sprawling memoir-cum-critical essay, and the reader is tempted to ask: What book isn't?
Apr 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jody Rosen
I Pledge Allegiance to…? I Pledge Allegiance to…?
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO...?
Apr 29, 2004 / Our Readers
Stupid Leaders, Useless Spies, Angry World Stupid Leaders, Useless Spies, Angry World
The stark fact that significant portions of our planet are under the supervision of exceptionally stupid and ill-informed people is provoking unwonted expressions of anger and ...
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Mutiny in Iraq Mutiny in Iraq
Can we please stop calling it a quagmire? The United States isn't mired in a bog or a marsh in Iraq (quagmire's literal meaning); it is free-falling off a cliff.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
For Their Own Good For Their Own Good
One of my favorite little films is a satirical documentary titled Babakiueria.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Vanishing Votes Vanishing Votes
On October 29, 2002, George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Hidden behind its apple-pie-and-motherhood name lies a nasty civil rights time bomb.
Apr 29, 2004 / Greg Palast
Kerry: Fill in the Blanks Kerry: Fill in the Blanks
It is time--past time--for John Kerry to tell Americans what he is about.
Apr 29, 2004 / Robert L. Borosage
Dick’s Vietnam Hypocrisy Dick’s Vietnam Hypocrisy
Dick Cheney has positioned himself as the Bush Administration's point man in the ongoing work of questioning the national security credentials of presumptive Democratic preside...
Apr 29, 2004 / John Nichols