The United States Makes a Conditional Apology to China The United States Makes a Conditional Apology to China
A pity that our missiles went astray-- The kind of act we'd make a tort of. Sincerely, USA would like to say We're really very sorry, sort of.
May 13, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Protest the War Protest the War
It's time to move from dissent to action: to quickly and vigorously protest the Kosovo war.
May 13, 1999 / The Editors
The Liberals’ Folly The Liberals’ Folly
Liberals in the Democratic Party should withdraw their support for the Kosovo war. So should the Democratic Party.
May 6, 1999 / Tom Hayden
The Spies Who Loved Us? The Spies Who Loved Us?
I still kick myself for not having saved the short story I wrote for composition class in seventh grade in which I described how the Russians took over my small suburban communit...
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Ellen Schrecker
Ulster Veto, Ulster Terror Ulster Veto, Ulster Terror
If Bill Clinton finds time to look up from the debacle of NATO's bombing of Serbia, he will find that Protestant holdouts in Northern Ireland are on the verge of denying him the ...
May 6, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Israel Diary Israel Diary
March 28: SECURITY (I) At moments, I wonder whether we've left America.
May 6, 1999 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
‘Degrading’ America ‘Degrading’ America
It is imperative to focus on the essential reason Americans must unequivocally oppose the US-led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
May 6, 1999 / Stephen F. Cohen
Palestinians on Hold Palestinians on Hold
"Arafat gave in to our pressure," was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's typically self-promoting response to the PLO's recent decision not to declare a Palestinian stat...
May 6, 1999 / Graham Usher
Lovestone’s Thin Red Line Lovestone’s Thin Red Line
Jay Lovestone is not only one of the oddest characters in the history of the American left but easily its most slippery.
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Paul Buhle
Waits: Guthrie’s Heir? Waits: Guthrie’s Heir?
Tom Waits is an imaginary hobo. He cruises the oddball corners of American pop culture, collecting the deft and moving and loopy short takes he sees and imagines there.
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro