The Secret Sharer The Secret Sharer
Although the epigraph of Damon Galgut's novel is taken from Chekhov, it is the ghost of Graham Greene that hovers most palpably over The Good Doctor, and even in the cadence of i...
Mar 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Claire Messud
Accidental Friends Accidental Friends
"One does not jail Voltaire." So responded the president of France to calls that Jean-Paul Sartre be arrested for backing an independent Algeria.
Mar 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
Whatever It Takes Whatever It Takes
Exxon has used the legal system to avoid paying damages for the Valdez spill.
Mar 18, 2004 / Feature / Ashley Shelby
The Battle Over the Pledge The Battle Over the Pledge
It's offended people from the start; now the Supreme Court will wade in--again.
Mar 18, 2004 / Feature / Elisabeth Sifton
Uncommon Ground Uncommon Ground
A friend who lives in Paris forwarded me an item from the Internet, concerning a singles ad that had allegedly appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Gay Marriage: Sidestep on Freedom’s Path Gay Marriage: Sidestep on Freedom’s Path
I'm for anything that terrifies Democrats, outrages Republicans, upsets the apple cart.
Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
‘I’m an Old Cowhand,’ as Sung by George W. Bush ‘I’m an Old Cowhand,’ as Sung by George W. Bush
(With apologies to Johnny Mercer)
Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
New School, Old Tricks New School, Old Tricks
The New School University is one of Manhattan's most storied progressive institutions. But don't tell that to the people who work there.
Mar 18, 2004 / Eyal Press
Three Mile Island Three Mile Island
On the morning of September 11, 2001, after the second plane hit the World Trade Center and it was clear that the nation was under attack, US authorities issued an emergency aler...
Mar 18, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard