Anti-Catholic? Round Two Anti-Catholic? Round Two
If a critic's clout can be measured by the ability to make an artist's name, the most important art critic in America today is clearly Rudolph Giuliani. Just over a year ago he e...
Mar 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
The Spanish Mien The Spanish Mien
V.S. Pritchett, whose essays are an invaluable companion, a sort of Dante's Virgil in the navigation of modern literature, once described Don Quixote as "the novel that killed a c...
Mar 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
Bush’s Bogus Budget Bush’s Bogus Budget
The loudest applause during George W. Bush's first budget address to Congress--a thumping, shouting, jump-to-your-feet outpouring of enthusiasm--erupted in response to his first m...
Mar 1, 2001 / The Editors
The Pardoner’s Tale The Pardoner’s Tale
During his closing weeks in office, Bill Clinton refused a plea, signed by many leading lawyers and civil libertarians, that he declare a moratorium on capital punishment. The mora...
Mar 1, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Nader and the Politics of Fear Nader and the Politics of Fear
He and the Greens are both a problem and a possible asset for the Democrats.
Feb 23, 2001 / Feature / William Greider
Bully in the Pulpit? Bully in the Pulpit?
Bully in the Pulpit? The following is a forum on Ellen Willis's "Freedom From Religion," which appeared in the February 19 issue. --The ...
Feb 23, 2001 / Tom Hayden, Michael Eric Dyson, Ellen Willis, Michael Kazin, Frances Kissling, Arthur Hertzberg, Richard Parker, Jim Wallis, and Rosalind Pollack Petchesky
Little Elegy in G Minor Little Elegy in G Minor
A box of Chopin nocturnes handed down from the other side of my mother's death-- evening gowns in trash bags making a little Golgotha of their own right in the corner of that stud...
Feb 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Liu
A Democratic Lullaby to Bill Clinton A Democratic Lullaby to Bill Clinton
As Bush finds backs to pat and hands to shake, The Democrats can't seem to buy a break. The opposition doesn't coalesce, Because the spotlight's on the Clinton mess, A ...
Feb 23, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Right With Bush Right With Bush
Every conservative is now a compassionate conservative. Well, most were at the recent annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which drew more than 3,000 right-wing acti...
Feb 23, 2001 / David Corn
Bush’s Nuclear Revival Bush’s Nuclear Revival
George W. Bush's mid-February directive ordering the Pentagon to review and restructure the US nuclear arsenal is a wake-up call for supporters of arms control and disarmament....
Feb 23, 2001 / William D. Hartung