Joe Knowles
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Trading in Terror
What does it take to end a career in public service? Mere treason evidently doesn’t cut it, as has… more
vol. 27, iss. 21 administration, economy
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To See or Not To See
The images we saw on TV last night ... were terrible. The whole city looked as if it were… more
vol. 27, iss. 12
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Poets Against the War
When First Lady Laura Bush decided to host a literary salon on February 12 about “Poetry and the American… more
vol. 27, iss. 08
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The Pirates of Hollywood
The language of film may be universal, but don’t tell that to the Motion Picture Association of America—you might… more
vol. 27, iss. 06
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The Play of the Waves
The word “ineffable” is a paradox: If something is truly too great for words, why have a word for… more
vol. 27, iss. 03
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Spirited Away
With a little help from a rotund forest spirit, a teen-age witch and the odd flying pig, Hayao Miyazaki… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
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Popcorn and Sake
In Hirokazu Kore’eda’s 1998 film After Life, the dead discover that there is no heaven or hell, only their… more
vol. 26, iss. 16
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A Little Help For Our Friends
When major newspapers are shrinking their book review sections, and fine magazines like Feed and Lingua Franca have disappeared… more
vol. 25, iss. 26
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Milosevic’s Reckoning
In history's vast and dark gallery of murderous heads of state, Slobodan Milosevic is the first to be brought… more
vol. 25, iss. 18
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Christopher’s Kind
Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere By Christopher Hitchens Verso 358 pages, $25 It has been my amazing… more
vol. 25, iss. 12
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