Political Chapter, Bible Verse Political Chapter, Bible Verse
After writing this, her fourth book on the Christian right, Sara Diamond donated fourteen years' worth of research--right-wing pamphlets, fliers and position papers--to the Unive...
Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Abby Scher
Front Page With a Human Face Front Page With a Human Face
Back in the fifties, before the term "new journalism" was coined, back when Gay Talese was writing minor obituaries for the New York Times, Tom Wolfe was a grad student at Yale a...
Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dan Wakefield
The Case Against Inaction The Case Against Inaction
Sadly, some on the left are angrier about NATO's bombing than they are about the Serbian forces' atrocities, even though Milosevic's men have killed more in one Kosovan village ...
Apr 8, 1999 / Ian Williams and Bogdan Denitch
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