Do As I Say, Not As I Do

November 26, 2001 · Magazine, Aitan Goelman, Books and Arts

Letters to a Young Lawyer by Alan Dershowitz Basic Books, 226 pp., $22 CLAIMING TO FOLLOW in the footsteps of Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet," Basic Books has begun publishing a series of mentoring books designed to provide advice to young people beginning their careers. One of the first volumes,…

The Banality of McVeigh

May 14, 2001 · Magazine, Aitan Goelman, Books and Arts

From his prison cell, Timothy McVeigh has made a final attempt to convince America to share his vision of himself. He granted Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck, reporters for the Buffalo News, over seventy-five hours of exclusive interviews, and the result -- American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the…