What happened on October 03, 2004
BOOKS
A simpler life is celebrated By Anthony Day, Anthony Day is a contributing writer to Book Review.
Regarding Henry By Deborah Friedell, Deborah Friedell is the assistant literary editor of the New Republic.
A roundup of ironies By Jonathan Kirsch, Jonathan Kirsch, a contributing writer to Book Review, is the author of, most recently, "God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism."
Steps and missteps that stumble toward truth By Edward N. Luttwak, Edward N. Luttwak is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., and the author of "Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace."
A Jamesian life of ambiguity By Benjamin Lytal, Benjamin Lytal writes a column on fiction for the New York Sun.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
An outsider's outsider By Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan, a Times film critic, is the author of "Never Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie."
OPINION
Florida Disaster Aid Can Help Bush By Andrew Reeves, Andrew Reeves is a graduate student in the department of government at Harvard University and an associate of the Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences.
Finally, U.S. Gets a Nuclear Umbrella By Baker Spring, Baker Spring is a Heritage Foundation fellow in national security policy.
No Apology for Putin By Jacob Heilbrunn, Jacob Heilbrunn is a Times editorial writer.
Arnold the Partisan By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor of Opinion, is a senior scholar in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at USC and a political analyst for KNBC.
Head Lice By Michael Lewis, Michael Lewis is the author, most recently, of "Moneyball."
Charity Ends at Homeland Security By Paula R. Newberg, Paula R. Newberg is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution.
If Cartoons Had Rules By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work appears in USA Today.
Tantrums in the Streets? By David C. Rapoport, David C. Rapoport, professor emeritus at UCLA, is the founder and editor of the Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence. His latest book is "The Democratic Experience and Political Violence."
Newspapers Snub the Arts By Andras Szanto and Daniel S. Levy, Andras Szanto, director of the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, and Daniel S. Levy, a reporter for People magazine and a former NAJP fellow, co-edited "Reporting the Arts II." Copies of the report may be found at www.najp.org.
MAGAZINE
Is This Man the Lindbergh Baby? By Michael D'Antonio, Michael D'Antonio last wrote for the magazine about Fred Boyce, a Massachusetts resident "adopted" by a small town in Oregon after they heard he had been wrongly institutionalized as a child.
Showtime at Chavez Ravine By Bill Shaikin, Times staff writer Bill Shaikin last wrote for the magazine about Angels owner Arte Moreno.
What Lies Beneath? By Douglas Gantenbein, Douglas Gantenbein is a freelance writer living in Port Townsend, Wash.
Pathways to an Epiphany By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is the author of "The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith," recently published by Viking.