Articles

Unfinished Business Unfinished Business

As he travels around the country, musing aloud on his hopes for the future, Bill Clinton inspires an unintended melancholy about his presidency.

Jan 27, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Not Dead Yet Not Dead Yet

Critics predicted the death of literature for much of the twentieth century, but at the dawn of the Internet age, the mantra is becoming conventional wisdom.

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’ Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’

Those endless wars on crime and drugs--a staple of 90 percent of America's politicians these last thirty years--have engendered not merely our 2 million prisoners but a vindictiv...

Jan 27, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Old King Kohl, or A Very Fine Fiddle Had He Old King Kohl, or A Very Fine Fiddle Had He

(With apologies, under the table, to Mother Goose)

Jan 27, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Fresh Airwaves Fresh Airwaves

Media critics are more accustomed to pointing out problems than pointing to victories.

Jan 27, 2000 / Danny Schechter

California’s Knightmare California’s Knightmare

W hen the Vermont Supreme Court ruled December 20 that denying the statutory benefits and protections of marriage to same-sex couples was discriminatory, conservatives began frot...

Jan 27, 2000 / Doug Ireland

Rebel Yell Rebel Yell

The recent march in South Carolina, demanding the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol is the latest episode in a long-running debate over the legacy of slavery.&...

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

WTO: Workers of the World United? WTO: Workers of the World United?

San Francisco In his December 20 "Beat the Devil" column, "Trade Wars, Trade Truths," Alexander Cockburn got it exactly

Jan 27, 2000 / Alexander Cockburn and Our Readers

Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled

Although he endured great hardship, Bill Clinton comes out of the Oval Office smelling like roses.

Jan 23, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Rain Man Rain Man

In his novel A Flag for Sunrise, Robert Stone invents this old American saying: "Mickey Mouse will see you dead." I have spent many profitable hours mulling over that coinage; an...

Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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