Virtual Pinocchio Virtual Pinocchio
Why did Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick want Spielberg to direct Kubrick's A.I., the fable of a robot who wants a human mother's love? Imagine the personals ad Kubrick might ...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo
Mother Courage Mother Courage
Kate Millett. Feminist, sculptor, lesbian, activist, advocate, New Yorker to the core. Just over thirty years ago, Millett published the hugely influential bestseller Sexual Polit...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
In Fact… In Fact…
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR REBATE? Starting the week of July 23, many Americans will begin receiving tax "rebates" as part of George W. Bush's massive tax-cut scheme aimed at helping ...
Jul 12, 2001 / The Editors
Music for Chameleons Music for Chameleons
When they came for Newton Arvin, as he had always known they someday would--the sex cops, the truth squad, the Cossacks, fathers and philistines--he spilled his beings. In the cro...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
Unite and Conquer Unite and Conquer
Los Angeles organizers may have clinched the city's title as a laboratory for cutting-edge economic justice policy with a deal concluded in late May between grassroots groups and ...
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Living Wage Comes of Age Living Wage Comes of Age
An increasingly sophisticated movement has put opponents on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Gender Unbender Gender Unbender
Pierre Bourdieu's newsworthiness has become news. The profile of him in the New York Times deals more with how bright his star is than with its substance, and quite a bit of the a...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter
Questions for Ashcroft Questions for Ashcroft
As the Senate begins its hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General, it is important to focus on the different roles that his office plays in the administrati...
Jul 9, 2001 / Leon Friedman
Passing the Buck in Florida Passing the Buck in Florida
Joseph Heller would have had a field day with the hearings of the US Commission on Civil Rights in Tallahassee last week.
Jul 9, 2001 / John Lantigua