The Scourge of Baltimore The Scourge of Baltimore
As truth-tellers, journalists remain the undocumented aliens of the knowledge industry, operating in an off-the-books epistemological economy apart from philosophers and scient...
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano
The Naked Truth The Naked Truth
If you've never set foot in the likes of Club Paradise, Scarlett's, New York Dolls, Secrets, Peepers or the boldly named Booby Trap (yes, it does exist), your image of a strip ...
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Update on Arming America Update on Arming America
Michael Bellesiles, the historian accused of research falsification in his book Arming America, a study of gun culture, announced on October 25 that he was resigning from Emory...
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Big Labor’s Little Problem Big Labor’s Little Problem
At a "Lean Workplace School" for union members, sponsored by the monthly magazine Labor Notes in 1996, the discussion centered around how to fight employers' speed-up and worke...
Nov 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jane Slaughter
Sociobiology and You Sociobiology and You
If Steven Pinker's latest 500-page treatise on the brain, The Blank Slate, serves any wider purpose in the popular discussion of science issues, it will, one hopes, be the fina...
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Steven Johnson
The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex
Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan
A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk
A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks
The Real IRA The Real IRA
This is the best book yet written about the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eamonn McCann
Letting Out the (War) Dogs Letting Out the (War) Dogs
They say that war is hell, and Chris Hedges shows us how and why. Hedges's War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning painfully and profoundly illustrates how violent conflict destro...
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Nevins
‘The Heart’s Garden’ ‘The Heart’s Garden’
The day that Kenneth Rexroth died was not a dark, cold day.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella