Essays / First Person

Lessons from late-Cold War cinema for the post-9/11 era.

A journey into Television City.

Assessing the state of the World Social Forum after five years.

A series of post-9/11 reflections.

A week in review from the Republican National Convention, inside and out.

Why the city will—and should—demonstrate against the Republican Convention.

A review of Sideshow, USA by Rachel Adams and Jay's Journal of Anomalies by Ricky Jay.

The experience, and the politics, of living in the aftermath of terror.