- Pipes
An all-star organist.
by Rebecca Mead - Q. In this issue's TotT selections we have three brief exposures to public figures of varying flamboyance and notoriety. What's similar between the subjects and the written articles. Contrasts? Which is the more ludicrous moniker: Shane Turquoise, Virgil Fox, Cameron Carpenter? Is there humility or modesty to be found?
Special Kaye
Judge Judith Kaye steps down from New York’s Supreme Court.
by Jeffrey Toobin - Q. Do you agree with Judge Kaye's view of 'jury service'? Is Judge Kaye's jury service goal feasible? Why or why not? What is the state of today's judicial system?
Beefsteak
A fund-raising party for Bernie Kerik.
by Ben McGrath - Q. What do you think of Bernie Kerik and his indictments? Is the support for Kerik at the fund-raiser warranted, especially in today's economic times? Does the article reflect anything about the relationship between New York and New Jersey?
- Most Likely to Succeed
The trouble with talent spotting.
by Malcolm Gladwell - Q. Are the professions analyzed valid comparisons? Proposed solutions aside, what new insights are presented about teachers in public schools? Is a bell curve a fair measurement tool for teachers? Is Donovan McNabb a hall-of-famer?
- Making Toast
A daughter’s death and her children’s lives.
by Roger Rosenblatt - Q. Rosenblatt struggles eloquently to make sense of the unthinkable. In the past he has said we write to know what we think. Why do you think he wrote this article? Do we have a complete picture, one year later, of his family's life? Has it healed?
- Marching Through Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili’s headstrong rule.
by Wendell Steavenson
Audio: Wendell Steavenson discusses Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia. - Q. Should America support Georgia? Should the Soros Foundation? Is Saakashvili a good President? What is the future of Georgia? Its role in world affairs?
- Celebrating Leonard Bernstein.
by Alex Ross - Q. Is Ross being unfair judging LB and his compositions or begrudgingly truthful? Is there a comparison to be made with Cameron Carpenter (above)? Flamboyance? Showmanship? Passion?
- “The Wrestler,” “The Reader,” “Doubt.”
by Anthony Lane - Q. Do you think Mickey Rourke just plays himself very well, or does he really act? Is AL being objective? Zingers for each film?
