Spice Grrrl Spice Grrrl
On a trip to Russia in 1995 I was told by the young writers I met there that when a certain famed Soviet novelist returned to his native land, he was an offensive anachronism to th...
Feb 25, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Eileen Myles
HOPE for Africa HOPE for Africa
For more information on HOPE for Africa and Jesse Jackson Jr.'s views, see www.jessejacksonjr.org.
Feb 25, 1999 / Jesse Jackson Jr.
The ‘Nightmare Scenario’ The ‘Nightmare Scenario’
Y2K is coming, ready or not. Right now, mostly not.
Feb 25, 1999 / Feature / Kevin Sanders
Flying the Iraqi Skies Flying the Iraqi Skies
Having hit Saddam Hussein where it hurts--in the Republican Guard barracks, military intelligence headquarters and other strategic components of his regime's power base--duri...
Feb 25, 1999 / Dilip Hiro
Oscar Who? Oscar Who?
Although the producers of the Academy Awards ceremony like to boast that a billion people watch their broadcast, I take comfort in knowing that another 5 billion do not.
Feb 25, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Albright’s State Deportment Albright’s State Deportment
Flirtatious and ferocious at the same time, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stamps the world stage over Kosovo, threatening fire from heaven if Serbian strongman Slobodan ...
Feb 25, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams
Ocalan, the Kurds and History Ocalan, the Kurds and History
The best day's work that Lenin ever did was to publish the secret treaties that the Bolsheviks found in the archives of the czarist regime.
Feb 25, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
And Now–Social Security And Now–Social Security
Social Security's future is the first, and gargantuan, legislative issue of the post-Monica era.
Feb 25, 1999 / The Editors
If Hillary Ran If Hillary Ran
Says super-tough guy Giuliani: To fight this mighty Amazon, he Is salivating. Yes, to beard her He'd get real tough (and even weirder).
Feb 25, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin