Articles

You’re Not Entitled! You’re Not Entitled!

According to the 1996 welfare law, Gail Aska was a model recipient.

Oct 7, 1999 / Feature / Karen Houppert

Navigating The Atlantic Navigating The Atlantic

Michael Kelly said all the right things upon being appointed to head the 142-year-old beacon of American letters, The Atlantic Monthly.

Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

Bradley Does Healthcare Bradley Does Healthcare

With his recent speech on healthcare, Bill Bradley has moved the worsening plight of the uninsured back into the spotlight.

Oct 7, 1999 / Jacob S. Hacker

Korean My Lai Korean My Lai

Repressed memory is the ammunition of history, returning when one least expects it to puncture the complacency of the present.

Oct 7, 1999 / Bruce Cumings

On Gary Bauer’s Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member On Gary Bauer’s Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member

Could we have thought that Gary Bauer Would trifle with, perhaps deflower, A youngish person not at all his bride? Could we believe this stern avower

Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Man From ONA The Man From ONA

Seventy-eight-year-old Andrew Marshall runs the Office of Net Assessment from a small office on the third floor of the Pentagon.

Oct 7, 1999 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

Woman Off the Verge Woman Off the Verge

To die for art: No one takes the idea seriously anymore, and yet people do it every day.

Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Mickey & the Peep Show Mickey & the Peep Show

In 1980, amid debates about "cleaning up" Times Square, New York City Mayor Ed Koch warned, "New York cannot and should not become Disneyland.

Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Wayne Hoffman

Their Myths and Ours Their Myths and Ours

Karen Rosenberg has taught Russian literary history in the United States and Austria.

Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rosenberg

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

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