Community Values Community Values
Allison Xantha Miller reviews The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia, by Rod Janzen, and Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center,...
Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Allison Xantha Miller
That’s Vietnam, Jake That’s Vietnam, Jake
Three million American soldiers--men for the most part--participated in the US invasion of Vietnam over the decade-long duration of that war for us--roughly 1964 to 1973.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Michael Uhl
American Buffaloer American Buffaloer
David Mamet's Heist is tasty, but not quite aces.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo
Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale? Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale?
A review of Lawrence Lessig's The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in the Connected World.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Steven Johnson
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
Reviews of Grace Schulman's The Paintings of Our Lives and Stephen F. Cohen's Failed Crusade.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Jazzing Politics Jazzing Politics
Don Byron and Dave Douglas put the political back into jazz.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
Afghan Journals Afghan Journals
2 movie reviews: Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin; Kandahar
Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Verdict on the System A Verdict on the System
Book review: A Trial by Jury, by D. Graham Burnett
Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carl T. Bogus
Lights! Cameras! Attack! Hollywood Enlists Lights! Cameras! Attack! Hollywood Enlists
The Taliban may have met its match: the American Dream Machine.
Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper