What happened on July 20, 2003
BOOKS
Awash in the digital typhoon By Jackie Bennion, Jackie Bennion is a producer for PBS online and a former assistant managing editor at Wired.
Inside the tortured mind of a modern art revolutionary By Arthur C. Danto, Arthur C. Danto, emeritus Johnsonian professor of philosophy at Columbia University, is art critic for the Nation and author of numerous works, including "Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present," a collection of art criticism that won the 1990 National Book Critics Circle Prize for Criticism.
Measuring an intellect as limitless as the universe By Timothy Ferris, Timothy Ferris is the author, most recently, of "Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe," which won the 2003 PEN USA West award for research nonfiction.
How New York's stock went up By Steve Fraser, Steve Fraser, the 2003 Anschutz distinguished teaching fellow at Princeton University, is writing a book on the cultural history of Wall Street.
Down the rabbit hole By Michael Harris, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.
The weariness, the fever and the fret in New York City By Gavin Lambert, Gavin Lambert is the author of many books, including "The Slide Area," "On Cukor" and a forthcoming biography of Natalie Wood.
Songs rising from a well of pain By Greil Marcus, Greil Marcus is the author of "The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes."
Untitled By Ronald Johnson
Birds By Mario Benedetti
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
The devil, the reality and Stagolee By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is the editor of "Another City: Writing From Los Angeles" and "Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology."
At peace with one self By D.J. Waldie, D.J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir."
Theft, murder, free enterprise By Eugen Weber, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review.
OPINION
Census Bureau's Latino Quandary By Anthony E. Chavez, Anthony E. Chavez was a member of the Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population, 1994-2002.
Big Food's Aisles of Excess By Greg Critser, Greg Critser is author of "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World."
A Blurred Vision By Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond and Michael Mcfaul, Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond and Michael McFaul are fellows at Stanford's Hoover Institution.
In Century-Old Misadventure, a Caution for U.S. By Frank Gibney, Frank Gibney, professor of politics at Pomona College, is president of the Pacific Basin Institute. He is the author of "The Pacific Century," "Five Gentlemen of Japan" and other books on Asia.
Plan May Be Another Strikeout For Fairness By Robert Gottlieb, Robert Gottlieb is co-author of the forthcoming "The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City." The Norris Poulson interview is described in his first book, written with Irene Wolt, "Thinking Big: The Story of the Los Angeles Times, Its Publishers, and their Influence on Southern California."
Of Troops -- and the Truth By Dan Smith, Dan Smith, a retired U.S. Army colonel, is a military affairs analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus and a senior fellow on military affairs at the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
No More Boom-Bust Blues By Susanne Trimbath, Susanne Trimbath is a senior research economist at the Milken Institute. Her most recent study is "A New Kind of Gold? Investment in Housing in Times of Economic Uncertainty."
MAGAZINE
An Octopus' Garden By Stett Holbrook, Stett Holbrook is a freelance writer living in Northern California.
A desert resurrection By Wade Graham, Wade Graham last wrote for the magazine about the peril of fire in the West.
Undermining American workers By Fred Dickey, Fred Dickey last wrote for the magazine about Indian gaming in California.
Plenty to Squawk About By Mira Tweti, Mira Tweti is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer.
Just Plain Batty By Paul Vercammen, Paul Vercammen last wrote for the magazine about Toluca Baseball player Liam Booth, who triumphed on the field after surviving four heart surgeries.