Star Wars Foes Hit DC Star Wars Foes Hit DC
The two sisters from the Our Lady of Angels convent had driven down from Pennsylvania with a message for their Congressman: Say no to Star Wars. It was proving a tough sell.
Jun 13, 2001 / Feature / Matt Bivens
McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death
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Jun 12, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Letters Letters
...AND APPLE PIE Ravello, Italy Katha Pollitt's heart-wrenching "Happy Mother's Day" was, of course, a treat ["Subject to Debate," May 28]. But the crystalli...
Jun 7, 2001 / Alexander Cockburn, Gore Vidal, Ken Silverstein, Susan Sontag, Gila Svirsky, Tarek Milleron, Matthew Runci, Holly Burkhalter, and Nathaniel A. Raymond
Universe of Faith and Terror Universe of Faith and Terror
Let's begin with a Denis Johnson moment. One Saturday, in Los Angeles, I venture out to buy a newspaper; when I get home, I discover, wedged between its C and D sections, a grainy...
Jun 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David L. Ulin
The Republicans and John McCain The Republicans and John McCain
They thought that Jeffords was their bane, But now they see that John McCain, Who shrugs off efforts to restrain His longtime love of speaking plain, And likes to jerk George...
Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Japan: An Interpretation Japan: An Interpretation
Those inscrutable Japanese. They've inspired more trash between hard covers over the past century than anyone--far more than the Chinese, if that's what you're thinking. Mysteriou...
Jun 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith
Edison’s Red Ink Schoolhouse Edison’s Red Ink Schoolhouse
The biggest brand name in for-profit education is floundering.
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Peter Schrag
Bush’s Tax Savings: Unreal! Bush’s Tax Savings: Unreal!
A Nation analysis finds that benefits to Bush, Cheney and the Cabinet could top million.
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Michael Scherer
The New Nuclear Danger The New Nuclear Danger
Policies are more confused than at any time since the weapons were invented.
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
Mad Bad Ads Mad Bad Ads
Memo to editors of campus papers: When the next right-wing ideologue shows up with an ad full of nonsense, just take the money and print it. That way, they will not be able to po...
Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt