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False History Lessons False History Lessons

Confronted with the inexplicable, policy-makers and pundits alike grope for the apt historical analogy. It's a natural human reaction.

Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird

Running on Empty Running on Empty

Texas Observer editor Louis Dubose estimates that his property tax will decrease by $130 in the year 2000.

Apr 8, 1999 / Feature / Lou Dubose

$1 Billion for Conservative Ideas $1 Billion for Conservative Ideas

Last year the Heritage Foundation celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary.

Apr 8, 1999 / Feature / David Callahan

The End of Humanism The End of Humanism

Like a guest at a potlatch, laughing to see his host's worldly goods go up in flames, I roared at The Matrix--roared and at the same time was humbled, knowing Warner Bros.

Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Parents and Police Parents and Police

David Dinkins, Susan Sarandon and other celebrities got the headlines, submitting to arrest at New York's One Police Plaza to protest the death of unarmed Amadou Diallo at the h...

Apr 8, 1999 / The Editors

Media Matters Media Matters

Record numbers of students are going online, according to UCLA's annual survey of college freshmen released this past January.

Apr 8, 1999 / Column / Logan Hill

Rebellion at Pacifica Rebellion at Pacifica

One in five people in America lives within reach of the FM frequencies of the Pacifica radio network, which consists of stations in Berkeley, Los Angeles, New York, Washington an...

Apr 8, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Buddha Leaves Suburbia Buddha Leaves Suburbia

If you adored Catherine Texier's Breakup last year, fell to the floor gushing sympathetic tears for the abandoned raconteur and raised your fists with indignant empathy over the...

Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Minna Proctor

Holocaust Denial: A Sequel Holocaust Denial: A Sequel

The Case of Binjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments Until the past few months, bestowing any Holocaust honorific upon Binjamin Wilkomirski, the author of the

Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Harvey Peskin

The Clinton Doctrine The Clinton Doctrine

President Clinton's decision to use military force against the Serbs was not simply a calculated response to Slobodan Milosevic's intransigence.

Apr 1, 1999 / Michael T. Klare

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