Articles

Emperor of the Air Emperor of the Air

If you combined the political roles of Republican front-runner George W.

Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Alexander Stille

The New Global Media The New Global Media

This article is adapted from Robert W. McChesney's Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Illinois). Three charts accompany this article: "Global Media Moguls," "Who Owns the Movies?" and "Wh...

Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney

Flag-Waving at the Whitney Flag-Waving at the Whitney

The Triumph of the New York School, a deeply ironic painting by the American artist Mark Tansey, looks at first sight like a rotogravure depiction of a military surrender that to...

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Bland Art in Every Pot Bland Art in Every Pot

In 1989, after several years of controversy, legal wrangling and numerous public forums, Richard Serra's sculptural installation Tilted Arc was removed from a federal plaza in Ne...

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Grant

A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness

A shark swims past me in a kelp forest that sways back and forth with the current. It is deliberate and focused.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Terry Tempest Williams

Fighting the Art Bullies Fighting the Art Bullies

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has created enormous consternation and publicity in his attempts to censor an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner

Microsoft’s Fatal Error Microsoft’s Fatal Error

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's factual findings in United States v. Microsoft, released November 5, spell the doom of Microsoft as we have known it.

Nov 11, 1999 / Eben Moglen

Innocents Abroad Innocents Abroad

When people label a film "great," the usual effect is to close off a discussion that ought to be opening.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Effect on His Campaign of the Release of George W. Bush’s College Transcript The Effect on His Campaign of the Release of George W. Bush’s College Transcript

Obliviously on he sails, With marks not quite as good as Quayle's.

Nov 11, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Son’s Own Story A Son’s Own Story

If you are looking for a piece of new evidence that will finally vindicate or convict Alger Hiss with certainty, you won't find it in Tony Hiss's poignant father-son memoir, A Vi...

Nov 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jack Gelber

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