COMMENT
"Authorizations" by Seymour Hersh: The dismissal of a Vietnam general offers some lessons on war today.
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
"Rembrandt's Ghost" by Simon Schama: What Picasso took from the early master.
OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS
"Anything Pink Rocks" by Alex Wilkinson: The East Village's purveyor of punk.
FICTION
"Playdate" by Kate Walbert: Two Manhattan moms spend an afternoon together.
ON TELEVISION
"Travelling On" by Nancy Franklin: Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver take on southern accents in FX's The Riches.
THE CURRENT CINEMA
"Loves Lost" by Anthony Lane: Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle in Reign Over Me and Sandra Bullock in Premonition.
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