Noah’s Arc Noah’s Arc
Somewhat impudently for a man taken in adultery, Henry Hyde compares himself to Jesus Christ.
Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Breakthrough in Biology Breakthrough in Biology
They now know how To clone a cow. The corollary Is pretty scary.
Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Bombing of Iraq The Bombing of Iraq
Regardless of its domestic implications, Operation Desert Fox is a spectacular but dangerous gesture, a smokescreen to cover for the lack of a comprehensible or workable policy tow...
Dec 17, 1998 / The Editors
Close, But No Cigar Close, But No Cigar
On August 20 last, President Clinton personally ordered the leveling of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant on the outskirts of Khartoum.
Oct 5, 1998 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Social (In-)Security Social (In-)Security
What precisely about the current Social Security "reform" debate makes it so hateful and repellent?
May 14, 1998 / The Editors
The Harvard Boys Do Russia The Harvard Boys Do Russia
After seven years of economic “reform” financed by billions of dollars in U.S.
May 14, 1998 / Feature / Janine R. Wedel
Unchained Melancholy Unchained Melancholy
A review of The Communist Manifesto.
May 11, 1998 / Marshall Berman
The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey
Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens ac...
Mar 19, 1998 / Feature / David Corn
The Gift of Time The Gift of Time
The case for abolition of nuclear weapons.
Feb 2, 1998 / Jonathan Schell
Against Walesa, Any Solidarity? Against Walesa, Any Solidarity?
Kwasniewski the Red versus Walesa the gravedigger of Communism--the duel for Poland's presidency is being presented as if it were the old drama all over again.
Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer