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The Beat The Beat

The Beat Sea Turtles Redux?

Feb 3, 2000 / John Nichols

Morning After in NH Morning After in NH

It was the last question at the last New Hampshire town meeting for Bill Bradley.

Feb 3, 2000 / David Corn

Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide

George W. Bush has a sweet appealing face until he reveals his dark side, as when he, in one of his first official acts, cut off funds to international population control groups....

Jan 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

As Maine Goes, So Goes… As Maine Goes, So Goes…

Frederick Wiseman's latest film, Belfast, Maine, is having its New York premiere in the best possible setting, as the opening feature in a full retrospective of his work.

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Earth in the Balance Earth in the Balance

Anonymous is a landscape architect. Not for these placemakers the recognition given to their peers in building. Planners may stand side by side with mayors boasting of some grand...

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay

Was It Good Party Music? Was It Good Party Music?

Lionel Trilling once commented that "if ever we want to remind ourselves of the nature and power of art, we have only to think of how accurate reactionary governments are in thei...

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Eichler

Letter From Zambia Letter From Zambia

"The problem with taking a blood sample for your malaria test is that the cockroaches may eat it in the night," announced the nurse. "Ants are an even worse problem.

Jan 27, 2000 / Feature / Mark Lynas

Unfinished Business Unfinished Business

As he travels around the country, musing aloud on his hopes for the future, Bill Clinton inspires an unintended melancholy about his presidency.

Jan 27, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Not Dead Yet Not Dead Yet

Critics predicted the death of literature for much of the twentieth century, but at the dawn of the Internet age, the mantra is becoming conventional wisdom.

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’ Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’

Those endless wars on crime and drugs--a staple of 90 percent of America's politicians these last thirty years--have engendered not merely our 2 million prisoners but a vindictiv...

Jan 27, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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