Meeting: Saturday, April 19, 2008

March 31, 2008

MARCH 31, 2008

THE NEWS BUSINESS
Out of Print
Eric Alterman
What does the Web mean for newspapers?
Q. Gathering news is often labor-intensive, and currently blogs have only a fraction of the editorial resources of newspapers. If blogs become the primary source of news, is that good for democracy?

DEPT. OF CURRENCY
Penny Dreadful
David Owen
America’s most annoying and useless coin.
Q. Are pennies really a problem? What arguments of Owen aren't refutable? Does he have a solution?


THE CRITICS

April 7, 2008



ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
Auteur Wars
Richard Brody
The New Wave at fifty.
THE CRITICS

THE THEATRE
Patty LuPone in “Gypsy.”
John Lahr

April 14, 2008


LETTER FROM LONDON
Capital Fellows
Calvin Trillin
London’s outlandish mayoral candidates.
THE CRITICS

DANCING
“Dancing with the Stars.”
Joan Acocella

JUST FOR FUN:

Barbara_Smaller, Cartoonist of the month of March

Q. Is Smaller funnier with drawings or prose? Real Estate by-the-cup Monday means? "Never give a man money for a truck, and, if you do, don’t sleep with him for at least a year." Why? Health Care "you'll-feel-a-little-pinch" Friday because?