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
Benjamin & the City of Light Benjamin & the City of Light
In September 1940, with a weak heart and even frailer nerves, Walter Benjamin carried on an old smugglers' path in the French Pyrenean foothills a big black briefcase stuffed wit...
Jan 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Andy Merrifield
Gay Teens Fight Back Gay Teens Fight Back
Jared Nayfack was 11 years old and living in the heart of conservative Orange County, California, when he told his best friend from school that he was gay--"and my friend then ca...
Jan 13, 2000 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Global Agenda Global Agenda
The promise of Seattle was captured in an antic moment observed by one young environmental activist.
Jan 13, 2000 / Feature / William Greider
The Ballad of John Rocker, A Slur-Driven Man The Ballad of John Rocker, A Slur-Driven Man
(Sung to the tune of "The Ballad of John Henry")
Jan 13, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Of Scientists and Spies Of Scientists and Spies
After thirty years spent building the Federation of American Scientists into one of the country's most valuable and venerable institutional voices for peace, democracy and real s...
Jan 13, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Beat The Beat
New Year, New Party Vermont voters have elected Independent Bernie Sanders to five terms in the US House, sent four independent progressives to their state legislature an
Jan 13, 2000 / John Nichols