Articles

Revenge of the Pod People Revenge of the Pod People

Nobody asked me to spend my weekend watching movies about alien invasions--so for all I know, I might have been acting on promptings from an otherworldly force.

Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Theme Wars 2000 Theme Wars 2000

It was yet another Washington confab where Democrats gathered in a hotel to ponder their prospects.

Jan 28, 1999 / Feature / David Corn

A Cold War Over the Cold War? A Cold War Over the Cold War?

Yale University Press's Annals of Communism series, begun in 1995, is among the most ambitious and influential scholarly undertakings to address the historical role of Communi...

Jan 28, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

On Olympic Bribery On Olympic Bribery

'Twas said the honest folks of Salt Lake City Deplored sins large and even itty-bitty. But, trying for the Games, they thought it pretty

Jan 28, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Antichrists Among Us Antichrists Among Us

What could have possessed the Rev. Jerry Falwell to announce that the Antichrist is probably alive and a male Jew?

Jan 28, 1999 / David Wallis

France’s Rival Führers France’s Rival Führers

For once the news from France's racist front is optimistic. At least the worst will not happen.

Jan 28, 1999 / Daniel Singer

The Cost of an Afghan ‘Victory’ The Cost of an Afghan ‘Victory’

Ten years ago, on February 15, 1989, as the last of the 115,000 Soviet soldiers crossed over from Afghanistan into Soviet Tajikistan, there was quiet celebration in Washington ...

Jan 28, 1999 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

Media Starvation Diet Media Starvation Diet

All during the year 1984, those of us with firsthand experience in Africa knew that drought and famine were cutting across vast swaths of the continent.

Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / James North

Bitter Fruit for Rigoberta Bitter Fruit for Rigoberta

In the early eighties, I, Rigoberta Menchú became an international bestseller.

Jan 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin and Francisco Goldman

Block ‘Mobile Chernobyl’ Block ‘Mobile Chernobyl’

If the nuclear industry gets its way, thousands of tons of deadly radioactive waste will roll onto public roads and rail lines, bound for a geologically unstable storage site ...

Jan 21, 1999 / Karen Charman

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