That said, the rest of the issue is highly rewarding. Beyond the other brief pieces in the "At Issue" section are longer features by James Wines (on drawing), Witold Rybczynski (an interview with Jeff Stein), and James McCown (on HGTV), among others. I especially like McCown's piece, because I think that architecture critics should be addressing the trends of TV shows like Extreme Makeover Home Edition, This Old House, and the numerous shows on HGTV. He brings up some good points, such as questioning why everything is ripe for a redesign ("it would be refreshing — and environmentally responsible — to occasionally hear 'we only need to do minimal intervention in these rooms.'") and the disconnect between the "fiction" presented as design and its disconnect from "high design." Personally I'm intrigued by shows like Extreme Makeover, not because of the designs but the way the show manipulates impressions of design, many unrealistic (a house in one week!?). One of these days I'll get around to my own criticism of that show.