On Late-Term Presidential Travels On Late-Term Presidential Travels

Dec 14, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Never Again Will We View the Judiciary as Nonpolitical Never Again Will We View the Judiciary as Nonpolitical

Wait until next season. I've already started practicing my chad-punching, and I suggest the same as therapy for all who feel ripped off by the collusion between the US Supreme ...

Dec 14, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster

We know what they're afraid of. Cut through the Republican verbiage that has clogged the airwaves and courts and you find one simple but disturbing point: They fear an accurate...

Dec 9, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Greens, Fears and Dollars Greens, Fears and Dollars

They'd rather die than admit it, but environmental organizations thrive on disaster. They remember well enough what happened when Ronald Reagan installed James Watt as Secretary ...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Beat The Beat

BEYOND SEATTLE The one-year anniversary of the "Battle in Seattle" saw embattled World Trade Organization chief Michael Moore peddling the argument that the WTO had weathered the s...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / John Nichols

Shut It Down Shut It Down

(Another Republican sea chantey) They all went down to stop Miami-Dade From making counts the judges had OK'd. Unlikely toughs, with ties and crisp white shirts, They w...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

By the Dawn’s Early Light By the Dawn’s Early Light

I write from shipboard, on the Nation cruise. The boat has just pulled away from port and chugs toward the horizon, leaving land behind. We are fourth in a line of cruise ships d...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Ce N’est Pas un Président Ce N’est Pas un Président

All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.       --John Lennon Florida's electoral mishegoss lends itself to the exploration of an issu...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Gore’s Hail Mary Failed; Now Let’s Rebuild the Team Gore’s Hail Mary Failed; Now Let’s Rebuild the Team

The Oakland Raiders lost by one point Sunday, and it was all my fault. My concentration as their most fanatical fan was broken by constantly switching to CNN to watch overprice...

Dec 5, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Yes, We’re the Great Pretenders Yes, We’re the Great Pretenders

Three days before the election, I took part in a television panel with former White House flack Joe Lockhart, who was doing his best to hold up his end of the tattered Gore-Lieberm...

Nov 30, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens