Articles

‘Free-Range Rude’ ‘Free-Range Rude’

Early in Hannibal, Thomas Harris's hungrily anticipated sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, an Italian chief investigator on the trail of Dr.

Jul 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Annie Gottlieb

‘Snake Eat Snake’ ‘Snake Eat Snake’

A few years ago, one of Lebanon's giddier periodicals, suitably titled Prestige, published as its cover story an interview with a Lebanese celebrity.

Jul 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Walid Harb

Letter From Iran Letter From Iran

Hossein, a young newspaper vendor, is a revolutionary.

Jul 1, 1999 / Feature / Afshin Molavi

Civil Society Civil Society

"Why do you care so much?" said a white friend to me during a debate about suspect profiling. "Don't take it so personally--the police aren't after you in the black middle class.

Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Media Matters Media Matters

A new bride returns from a romantic honeymoon and opens a locked door in the family home, only to discover the mutilated corpses of her husband's six ex-wives.

Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Tara Zahra

On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell

If Webster Hubbell Is out of trouble, The end for Starr Cannot be far. We hope these guys Live peaceful lives With little fuss--

Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Social Security for Women Social Security for Women

Despite the rosy projections and numerical alchemy that proponents employ to push their cause, privatizing Social Security won't build much wealth for women, and it will leave el...

Jul 1, 1999 / Trudy Lieberman

On the Brink in Kashmir On the Brink in Kashmir

In early May, as the snows melted along the Karakoram Range, Indian troops on routine border patrols discovered that three strategic salients--Dras, Kargil and Batalik--in the In...

Jul 1, 1999 / Sumit Ganguly

Rehnquist’s Revenge Rehnquist’s Revenge

William Rehnquist may be the most patient and unyielding radical ever to occupy high office in America.

Jul 1, 1999 / The Editors

Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor

Almost three times as many people, most of them in tropical countries of the Third World, die of preventable, curable diseases as die of AIDS.

Jul 1, 1999 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

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