Beelzebub’s Buzzwords Beelzebub’s Buzzwords
These excerpts are from Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates (HarperCollins).
Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jim Hightower
Our Virtual Primaries Our Virtual Primaries
As the first voting of the 2000 presidential election approaches, in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries, public disinterest is palpable.
Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
If Politics Got Real… If Politics Got Real…
If politics got real, the debate on campaign finance reform would focus on how ordinary citizens can acquire a measure of power in America's money-drenched democracy.
Jan 20, 2000 / William Greider
The Russians in Chechnya The Russians in Chechnya
It seems so familiar to me: They know one more tank, one more gun'll Allow best and brightest to see The light at the end of the tunnel.
Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Why I Support Bradley Why I Support Bradley
As I travel across the country, I am often asked why progressives should support Bill Bradley for President, as I do.
Jan 20, 2000 / Paul Wellstone
The ‘Cuba Exception’ The ‘Cuba Exception’
The law governing the case of Elián González, the 6-year-old Cuban boy found clinging to an inner tube after his mother drowned on the way here from Cuba, could not...
Jan 20, 2000 / David Cole
The Last Job Ashcroft Should Be Given Is AG The Last Job Ashcroft Should Be Given Is AG
That John Ashcroft is a right-wing, pro-gun religious fanatic who laments the civil rights gains of the past decades and believes that leaders of the pro-slavery Southern Confede...
Jan 16, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rescuer Down Under Rescuer Down Under
I would call Holy Smoke a drawing-room comedy if the film showed a drawing room, a comedy of manners if its characters had any.
Jan 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘The Last Uprising’ ‘The Last Uprising’
At the time of writing, Carl Bromley had just returned from a pilgrimage to Truffaut's grave in Paris.
Jan 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Carl Bromley
Round the World in 80 Ways Round the World in 80 Ways
John Ghazvinian is completing a PhD at Oxford University on the early history of tourism.
Jan 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / John Ghazvinian