Dade Ain’t Disney Dade Ain’t Disney
Tired of all the stuff about the Cuban kid who is rapidly being turned into the most pampered brat in the world? The press can be blamed, of course.
Feb 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill
An Antisocial Idea An Antisocial Idea
Just because the ed whiz-biz politicians and the education bureaucrats have announced the end of "social promotion" doesn't mean that it ever existed--not for the past thirty yea...
Feb 16, 2000 / Feature / Susan Ohanian
Education and the Election Education and the Election
By now most of us accept as almost inevitable the idea that education, meaning school reform and access to college, is at or near the top of the political agenda, both in the sta...
Feb 16, 2000 / Feature / Peter Schrag
Farewell, Steve Forbes Farewell, Steve Forbes
We mutter adieu now to Steve, Who finally decided to leave. We thought he might never be done With buying his place in the sun.
Feb 16, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Tale of Two Reformers A Tale of Two Reformers
This presidential election--so far--is the tale of two establishments, one that held firm, one that started to crack and moved fast to hang tight.
Feb 16, 2000 / David Corn
Run, Ralph, Really Run Run, Ralph, Really Run
Ralph Nader is running for President, and a fair number of progressives are excited by the prospect. They should be.
Feb 16, 2000 / John Nichols
It’s Much Too Absurd to Be Real, So Let’s Make ‘Star Wars’ a Game It’s Much Too Absurd to Be Real, So Let’s Make ‘Star Wars’ a Game
Te Bush Administration is looking to revive Reagan's Star Wars system, but why not resurrect something better from his legacy?
Feb 13, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
To Her, With Love To Her, With Love
I like a filmmaker who walks you into a story.
Feb 10, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Business Creates Eco-Side! Business Creates Eco-Side!
Natural Capitalism is so informative and provocative--and so unfashionably optimistic about the future of the planet--that I wonder why everyone in public life is not reading it ...
Feb 10, 2000 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
Naipaul Writes Home Naipaul Writes Home
Many years ago, when I was about the age that V.S. Naipaul was when he departed Trinidad for England, I would borrow books by him from the library of an erstwhile colonial club i...
Feb 10, 2000 / Books & the Arts / S. Shankar