Articles

Inaugurals Inaugurals

Twenty-six years ago, when the world was young, Jerry Brown began his reign in Sacramento and, even though I wrote some rude things about him at the time, life was certainly ...

Jan 7, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Impeachment 1868 Impeachment 1868

The great objection which we, in common with so many others, had to impeachment when it was first talked of, was that it would either be or seem, not a criminal trial, but an...

Jan 7, 1999 / The Editors

Immaculate Contraception Immaculate Contraception

Enter the glass doors at 222 West 14th Street in New York City, and the chaos of traffic horns and tire-screeches, jackhammers and concentrated humanity recedes into a hush.

Jan 7, 1999 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner

…Stinging Like a Bee …Stinging Like a Bee

Anyone with first- or even secondhand knowledge of the real-life subject must have wondered what strain of myopia possessed those producing the 1991 TV miniseries Separate bu...

Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

McCain McCain

So now comes forward John McCain, A high-tech version of Gawain When with his steed, a Navy plane. He says he's forming his campaign

Jan 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Pollock and the Drip Pollock and the Drip

A characteristically handsome painting by Joan Mitchell is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in the exhibition American Art: 1940-1970.

Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Parades Gone By Parades Gone By

To begin the new year with something old: Milestone Film and Video has just re-released two films of antiquarian interest, directed (appropriately enough) by British film histo...

Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Dollar’s Day of Reckoning The Dollar’s Day of Reckoning

On January 1, 1999, the euro comes into existence.

Dec 24, 1998 / Feature / Lester C. Thurow

Our Bloodless Coup Our Bloodless Coup

People warn that a Senate impeachment trial will effectively shut down the government, involving as it would the Supreme Court and tying up the World's Greatest Deliberative ...

Dec 24, 1998 / Arthur Miller

Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel

William Rehnquist was Richard Nixon's chief legal strategist when Nixon appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1971.

Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Neuborne

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