Back to Beginnings Back to Beginnings
Cheick Oumar Sissoko, who lives and works in Mali, has looked around and noticed that his fellow filmmakers in sub-Saharan Africa are few--"and due to our financial need (great w...
Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Algren’s Question Algren’s Question
He would hang his coat neatly over the back of his chair in the leaden station-house twilight, say he was beat from lack of sleep and lay his head across his arms upon the query-...
Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon
Stop-Time in the Levant Stop-Time in the Levant
It is remarkable to what extent almost anything having to do with the Middle East in this country--be it political, cultural, historical or even personal--is permeated by the tri...
Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Ammiel Alcalay
Public Citizen No.1 Public Citizen No.1
CORRECTION (from the Dec. 27 issue): In Micah L. Sifry's "Public Citizen No. 1" [Dec. 20], Carl Mayer, although he is among those urging Nader to run, was incorrectly identified as...
Dec 2, 1999 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
Street Fight in Seattle Street Fight in Seattle
After the Battle in Seattle one thing is certain: The next WTO confab will be held somewhere like Singapore or Jakarta.
Dec 2, 1999 / Marc Cooper
Blowjobs and Snow Jobs Blowjobs and Snow Jobs
If the sixties were the age of the war reporter and the seventies the age of the investigative reporter, then the late nineties may go down in history as the age of the blowjob r...
Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
Trade Wars, Trade Truths Trade Wars, Trade Truths
Here's a might-have-been for you.
Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Ulster Says Maybe Ulster Says Maybe
Ireland's struggle to extricate itself from the British Empire contributed early and disproportionately to the political vocabulary of the twentieth century: colonial domination ...
Dec 2, 1999 / The Editors
One Problem of Bradley’s Candidacy Solved One Problem of Bradley’s Candidacy Solved
The last remaining superpower Might get a leader who would tower Above a smallish premier of Japan. The Third World wouldn't be euphoric
Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin