Phantom of the White House Phantom of the White House
"We now live in a culture that's hyperaware of the construction and manipulation of images in politics," David Greenberg writes in Nixon's Shadow.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
The Foreign Correspondent The Foreign Correspondent
How we miss Martha Gellhorn, and how we need her right now!
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Neal Ascherson
A Soldier’s Story A Soldier’s Story
In the annals of American politics Winning Modern Wars is an unusual book.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Frances FitzGerald
The Name of Love The Name of Love
In January 1948 Dutton brought out the third novel of a promising young writer named Gore Vidal. The publishing house was nervous.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Adam Haslett
Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote
On the page, Patricia Highsmith could inspire a law-abiding citizen to become a willing accomplice to murder, at least within the realm of the imagination.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Kera Bolonik
Memoirs of a Revolutionist Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Who can recall the late Stokely Carmichael's first name and not associate it with the two most incendiary words of the 1960s, Black Power?
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Norman Kelley
Reason for Doubt Reason for Doubt
"Iwouldn't ask him to escort my daughter to her senior prom," explained one of the jurors who in mid-November acquitted Robert Durst of murdering his quarrelsome neighbor, Morr...
Nov 20, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The London Trip of a Global Tyrant The London Trip of a Global Tyrant
This city has been the November host of a global tyrant, on whose rampages the sun never sets. His name is not George Bush but Rupert Murdoch.
Nov 20, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Short History of Dick Cheney as Minder A Short History of Dick Cheney as Minder
At first, we thought we should be glad To have a nanny for the lad-- Young Bush, who might be overawed, Who'd barely even been abroad,
Nov 20, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Wal-Mart in China Wal-Mart in China
The signs all over the store proclaiming Everyday Low Prices look the same (except that they're printed in Chinese), as do the neatly dressed "associates" patrolling the sellin...
Nov 20, 2003 / Carl Goldstein