NEWS & FEATURES

Complete DNC daily coverage from a decidedly Phoenix perspective.

George W. Bush is a uniter, all right: the Democrats are more unified than they've been in generations. Now, says Dan Kennedy, comes the hard part.

Margaret Doris views the convention from the protesters' cage.

Not that the Democrats have taken the Jewish vote for granted, but this time around they're deploying their biggest political stars to tout Kerry's staunch support for Israel and other issues dear to American Jews, such as reducing US dependence on Middle Eastern oil. David S. Bernstein reports.

Adam Reilly interviews the Great Spoiler.

Adam Reilly introduces you to two of the nicest people you'd ever want to know, Deke and Christine Henderson. They're ferrying Reggie the Registration Rig across the land to sign up voters for the Republican Party, and their reasons for supporting George W. Bush may surprise you.

She never expected it, but Azar Nafisi's memoir about clandestinely teaching forbidden works of Western literature to women in Iran has become a bestseller and a critical success. Tamara Wieder talks with her about it.

In "Out There," Chris Wright meets the parents.

In "Urban Buy," Kerry Lynch goes sneaking around - in style.

In the Phoenix editorial: we comment on the DNC's protest pen and the 9/11 Commission's report.

Letters to the editor

Savage Love

Moon Signs

Dr. Lovemonkey

Plus, this just in:

MUSIC

Matt Ashare hears Wilco drift farther from their alt-country roots on A Ghost Is Born.

Sean Richardson sees Fear Factory and Machine Head get their own tours rolling.

Christopher Blagg on Neil and Tim Finn - together again.

HOMEWARD BOUND: Ted Drozdowski hears Dave Alvin head back to his roots, as always.

Jon Garelick on Maria Schneider's good news, and Mose in Marblehead.

Live reviews of: The Hives and Sahara Hotnights and Fountains of Wayne.

Also, short reviews of:

THEATER

Carolyn Clay sees Israel Horovitz contemplate Compromise.

Liza Weisstuch watches the Karamazovs juggle objects and philosophy.

Steve Vineberg says A Clockwork Orange is a bad apple.

Carolyn Clay says Africa meets Disney in The Lion King.

DANCE

Marcia B. Siegel weighs in on The Lion King as dance.

BOOKS

Susannah Mandel on interpreting The Matrix.

TELEVISION

Joyce Millman surrenders to the soap of Nip/Tuck.

HOTDOTS: WEDNESDAY 4 8:00 (2) Secrets of the Dead: Amazon Warrior Women. PBS isn't exactly the place you'd expect to be invited to learn about 'beautiful, bloodthirsty, female warriors.' That would more likely be a topic for an Army training film. By Clif Garboden

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