Articles

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

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

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