Ellington Hits 100 Ellington Hits 100
On the eve of the New York premiere of his Symphony No.
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Albert Murray
Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers
When a young woman in high school frets about the folks in Mogadishu--when, for that matter, she can spell "Mogadishu"--American moviegoers know she needs a fashion makeover, a ...
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Liberal Pilgrim’s Progress Liberal Pilgrim’s Progress
Time magazine once diagnosed newspaper columnist, author, professor-at-large and Hugh Hefner sidekick Max Lerner (190292) as suffering from a "crush on Americ...
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano
The Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin
Some years ago, after I had completed a biography of the radical writer Josephine Herbst, I gave serious thought to writing a biography of Whittaker Chambers.
Jan 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Elinor Langer
History by the Letter History by the Letter
Whatever else the investigations of the President have uncovered, they have yielded thousands of sources--transcripts, letters, memos, audio- and videotapes--which Americans...
Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Louis P. Masur
Curious George Talks the Market Curious George Talks the Market
The epic, slow-motion crisis unraveling the global economic system continues to gather momentum, taking down Southeast Asia, Japan, Russia, now Brazil. Who's next?
Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
A Bend in the Color Line A Bend in the Color Line
Policy talk about a racialized "underclass" rests on social science research that often reproduces notions of racial difference, in an enormous tautology.
Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gerard Fergerson
Revenge of the Pod People Revenge of the Pod People
Nobody asked me to spend my weekend watching movies about alien invasions--so for all I know, I might have been acting on promptings from an otherworldly force.
Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Checking the Union Labels Checking the Union Labels
The election of new AFL-CIO leaders more than three years ago ushered in an era of glasnost.
Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Steve Early
Sixties Laugh-In Sixties Laugh-In
"They've come to steal my dreams," whimpers a female voice.
Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro