Korean My Lai Korean My Lai
Repressed memory is the ammunition of history, returning when one least expects it to puncture the complacency of the present.
Oct 7, 1999 / Bruce Cumings
On Gary Bauer’s Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member On Gary Bauer’s Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member
Could we have thought that Gary Bauer Would trifle with, perhaps deflower, A youngish person not at all his bride? Could we believe this stern avower
Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Man From ONA The Man From ONA
Seventy-eight-year-old Andrew Marshall runs the Office of Net Assessment from a small office on the third floor of the Pentagon.
Oct 7, 1999 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
Woman Off the Verge Woman Off the Verge
To die for art: No one takes the idea seriously anymore, and yet people do it every day.
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Mickey & the Peep Show Mickey & the Peep Show
In 1980, amid debates about "cleaning up" Times Square, New York City Mayor Ed Koch warned, "New York cannot and should not become Disneyland.
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Wayne Hoffman
Their Myths and Ours Their Myths and Ours
Karen Rosenberg has taught Russian literary history in the United States and Austria.
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rosenberg
Les Étrangers Les Étrangers
Sagesse (meaning "wisdom") LaBasse, the narrator of Claire Messud's second novel, The Last Life, is French-Algerian on her father's side and American on her mother's.
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jay Parini
Noise From Underground Noise From Underground
For more information about Positive Force, or to send donations to the Arthur S. Flemming Center, write to Positive Force, 3510 North 8th Street, Arlington, VA 22201. Checks should...
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple
Money 2000 Money 2000
The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund provided research assistance.
Sep 30, 1999 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Swatting at Art Swatting at Art
After successfully attacking jaywalkers with curbside barriers and adult-oriented businesses with zoning curbs, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now waging war on two fronts at...
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Art Winslow