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2001 Stories by John Powers

• Howard’s End

  published December 27, 2001

  A BEAUTIFUL MIND | Directed by RON HOWARD | Written by AKIVA GOLDSMAN Based on the book by SYLVIA NASAR | Produced by BRIAN GRAZER |... More >>

• Wyatt Earp and the Witchfinder General

  published December 20, 2001

  Jean-Luc Godard once explained that commercials are only 30 seconds long because after that they’d have to start telling the truth about th... More >>

• Under the Goat

  published December 13, 2001

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• Desert Foxes

  published December 6, 2001

  During the Blitz, Edward R. Murrow became famous to millions of Americans for his eloquent rooftop broadcasts (“This . . . is London.”). B... More >>

• Off

  published November 29, 2001

  I don’t remember exactly when it happened — it was somewhere between our troops parachuting into Afghanistan and the fall of Mazar-i-Shari... More >>

• The Rough Guide to Nicaragua

  published November 15, 2001

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• Wicked Games

  published November 1, 2001

  Like many of our reporters, he‘s from the region and has a strong accent. So you may want to listen a bit harder. --Judy Woodruff... More >>

• Getting Lost Is Beautiful

  published October 25, 2001

  To talk seriously about Lynch is to begin with his enthusiasms. “Look at this,” he says one hot August morning. He shows me... More >>

• The Parent Trap

  published October 25, 2001

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• Bin Laden’s Basement Tape

  published October 18, 2001

  Not long after President Bush finished his live White House speech announcing the strikes on Afghanistan, the networks began broadcasting the... More >>

• Crown Thy Good

  published October 4, 2001

  Where were you when the age of irony crumbled to the ground? I was sitting in my kitchen innocently reading Time, when I was suddenly struck by... More >>

• Media Fundamentalism

  published September 27, 2001

  Late Saturday night, CNN carried a report from Pakistan, which was being dragooned into helping the United States hunt down the terrorists. A... More >>

• Apocalypse, Tuesday

  published September 20, 2001

  September 11, 2001 — that date will inject our brains. —Larry King Not long after the first Americ... More >>

• Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

  published September 13, 2001

  One of the few redeeming pleasures of the Clinton presidency was watching morality czar Bill Bennett galumph onto the talk shows and bray,... More >>

• Do the Bartman

  published August 30, 2001

  Now that Peter Bart is on the ropes, it seems that everyone has a juicy story about him. I don’t. But I did meet him a few times back when ... More >>