Les Étrangers Les Étrangers
Sagesse (meaning "wisdom") LaBasse, the narrator of Claire Messud's second novel, The Last Life, is French-Algerian on her father's side and American on her mother's.
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jay Parini
Noise From Underground Noise From Underground
For more information about Positive Force, or to send donations to the Arthur S. Flemming Center, write to Positive Force, 3510 North 8th Street, Arlington, VA 22201. Checks should...
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple
Money 2000 Money 2000
The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund provided research assistance.
Sep 30, 1999 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Swatting at Art Swatting at Art
After successfully attacking jaywalkers with curbside barriers and adult-oriented businesses with zoning curbs, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now waging war on two fronts at...
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Art Winslow
Standardized Schools Standardized Schools
Wielding high-stakes tests, a noisy alliance of politicians, corporate CEOs and media pundits seems intent on standardizing education, proclaiming that every kid in America shoul...
Sep 30, 1999 / Susan Ohanian
Pat Buchanan’s Poison Pat Buchanan’s Poison
Pat Buchanan, the man who urged Ronald Reagan to visit the Nazi cemetery at Bitburg, is no stranger to charges of anti-Semitism.
Sep 30, 1999 / The Editors
Adieu, Dan Quayle Adieu, Dan Quayle
Farewell, once more, J. Danforth Quayle. Although we know it's sad to fail, Remember, you were once obscure-- Considered lightweight, immature.
Sep 30, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sunstein’s Law Sunstein’s Law
He criticizes the liberal Warren Court for breaking new constitutional ground on too many fronts too broadly, while also giving no quarter to the constitutional theories of conse...
Sep 23, 1999 / Books & the Arts / David Rudenstine
The Boys of Summer The Boys of Summer
To the list of movie characters who look back on their lives from the Beyond, add Lester Burnham, the 42-year-old, dead narrator of American Beauty. He is a murder victim--so it ...
Sep 23, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Our Prison Complex Our Prison Complex
This past winter both Edwin Meese and Gen. Barry McCaffrey expressed surprising misgivings about the current direction of the War on Drugs.
Sep 23, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Theodore Hamm