MER
July 2000
The Cardinal's New York
Closed mid-June 2000 · On stands late June 2000
The Front
Front Obituary Notice
Kurt Schork killed in a Sierra Leone ambush
Index of the Summer Slowdown
Empty Friday desks, the season's first heat-index days, subscription renewal rates
On the Phrase 'Away Message'
Instant-messenger away messages becoming a small form of personal broadcasting for anyone with a modem and something to announce
The Essay
The Cardinal's New York
Death of Cardinal John O'Connor
The Foreign File
The Last Patrol
Israel completes its unilateral withdrawal after twenty-two years of occupation
The Back
Books: A summer reading list, unranked and lightly defended · Art: A dispatch on the season's celebrity-memoir advances, six and seven figures apiece, publishing's own bull market · Film: null