The Prattle on Seattle The Prattle on Seattle
The ideological rigidity that governs punditocracy trade debate transcends right/left dichotomies.
Dec 15, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
On the Latest Republican Debate On the Latest Republican Debate
I watched these presidential hopefuls join Together for debating in Des Moines, And many times I heard allegiance sworn To Jesus and to babies not quite born.
Dec 15, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Joseph Heller Joseph Heller
Nelson Algren's 1961 review of Catch-22 is at www.thenation.com.
Dec 15, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens
The ‘Single Standard’ in Kosovo The ‘Single Standard’ in Kosovo
Cambridge, Mass.
Dec 15, 1999 / Christopher Hitchens and Noam Chomsky
Seattle From the Seine Seattle From the Seine
"Le monde n'est pas une marchandise"--the world is not a commodity--proclaimed the large banner in the Parisian demonstration against the WTO.
Dec 15, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Report From the Front Report From the Front
It is incredible here.
Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Stephanie Greenwood
Waging War in Space Waging War in Space
"Master of Space"--a motto of the United States Space Command, a joint Air Force, Army and Navy command set up by the Pentagon in 1985--says it all.
Dec 9, 1999 / Karl Grossman and Judith Long
Food Fight Comes to America Food Fight Comes to America
As the international uprising against genetically engineered (GE) foods continues to grow, the worst fear of US government and business officials is that the commotion abroad wil...
Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
The Politics of Food The Politics of Food
Case sawed shakily at his steak, reducing it to uneaten bite-sized fragments, which he pushed around in the rich sauce.... "Jesus," Molly said, her own plate empty, "gimme that.
Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
On the Release of John McCain’s Psychological Records On the Release of John McCain’s Psychological Records
Still reason to worry.
Dec 9, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin