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A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
Ive been sitting at a different desk for the last few issues, and not a littleto say the leasthas happened in that time. Heres a brief roll call of some important names: Katrina, Rita, Michael Brown, John Roberts. Such simple names can indeed yield such profound devastation. The work of the first three is unfortunately much too clear: we are left with a shattered region and shattered confidence in the basic competence of our government. In re: Michael Brown, the only real question is shouldnt the person who hired him be fired? John Roberts, of course, is a fuzzier matter, which is exactly why he was nominated. Roberts didnt have much of a track record for the public to judge him on, and his performance in the Senate hearings showed his considerable skill in the art of evasion. But my hunch is that the 78 senators who hired him know exactly where he stands. My bet is that he will become the most influential Chief Justice since Earl Warren. But where Warren moved the court towards protecting full legal equality for everyone, Roberts will continue to steer it in the direction of inequality, giving corporations and the state primacy over the rights of individuals. Unlike Brownie, Roberts is a competent crony of the Bush administration. And, alas, were going to live under his influence for at least the next 25 years. T. Hamm
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TABLE OF CONTENT
LOCAL Some Guys Idea: MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow Creates Existential CrisisResolves with Cronyism by Brian J. Carreira 
Inside the Hackworld: How A Do-Nothing Became a Lame Duck by Theodore Hamm
Immigration Mess by Eleanor J. Bader
EXPRESS Baghdad Reunion: Tale of a Kidnapping by Christian Parenti by Christian Parenti
How to Get to Gitmo by Aimee Molloy
Its You, Stupid by Gabriel Thompson
But What if the Truth Aint Funny? by Williams Cole
CHAos Creates Change by Micah Maidenberg
March on Washington, September 24, 2005 by Margaret Micchelli and Thomas Micchelli
ART Elizabeth Murray In Conversation with Robert Storr and Phong Bui
Marcel Dzama, The Course of Human History Personified, David Zwirner, Jon Pylypchuk, I have thought deep into this trouble, Friedrich Petzel Gallery by Daniel Baird
Ann Reynolds and Eve Andrée Laramée in conversation with Joan Waltemath at Robert Smithson at the Whitney
Bill Bartman (1946-2005)
Rainer Ganahl In Conversation with Paul Mattick
ARTSEEN — Adam Cvijanovic Bellwether Gallery — Rita Ackermann Collages 1993 - 2005 Andrea Rosen Gallery — The Art of 9/11 apexart — Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua,Braggin Rites, Jack the Pelican — Maureen Cavanaugh, Lovey Loverson, 31 Grand — Lara Schnitger, Triple Candie / Anton Kern — Bruce Pearson, Ronald Feldman — Paloma Varga Weisz, Chor, Gladstone Gallery — Ryan Wolfe, Mark Esper, Dam Stuhltrager — Jon Paul Villegas, Black and White Gallery — Joseph Karoly, Bond Gallery — Post-Everything, Rotunda Gallery — Dan Torop Estimated Landscapes, Derek Eller Gallery — Kim Jones, War Paint, Pierogi, "That's his-tory. This is my-story" -Sun Ra — Enemy Image, Momenta Art — Engaging Ephemera, Stay Gold — Krzystof Wodiczko If You See Something, Galerie Lelong — Chris Martin, SideShow Gallery BOOKS Siddhartha Deb in conversation with Hirsh Sawhney
Memoir: An Outsiders JourneyA literary profile of Lee Stringer by David Varno
Art: Bohos in Paradise by Michael Calderone
Mythology: True Norse by Pete LOfficial
Social criticism: Deconstructing Race in America by Eleanor J. Bader
Fiction: The Wandering Convict by Mac Barrett
MUSIC The Soul Stirrer: The Legacy of Sam Cooke by Norman Kelley
Neblung Price Third by Dann Baker
A Limited Edition of One In Conversation, sort of, with David Berman by Justin Taylor
Come Hell or High Water The New Orleans Jazz Fest Soldiers On by Todd Simmons
DANCE Inserting a Bit of Nature into our own Asphalt Jungle: Jennifer Monson / Bird Brain takes its final flight by Jessica Weiss
Breaking Ground: Dance Charrette Could have been a bit dirtier by Kathryn Enright
Beverly Blossom by Nicole Pope
FILM Anomie, Italian Style by David N. Meyer
Junebug: Culture Collision by Tessa DeCarlo
Be True to Your School by Sarahjane Blum
Docs in Sight: Nature and Society by Williams Cole 
THEATER Nelson Rodrigues: The pornographic angel comes to NYC by Sarah J. Townsend
Poor Imitations by David Kilpatrick
In dialogue suffer little children: The Sturm und Drang of David Adjmi by Heidi Schreck
FICTION FOUR SHORT STORIES BY KENNETH BERNARD
Chip Off The Old Block by Lynda Schor
STREETS Whats For Dinner by Marjory Garrison by Marjory Garrison
POETRY Twilight Suite by Nicholas Bredie
Pura Lòpez Colomè
Electronic Desires: An Allegorical Play by Brian Kim Stefans
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