The Commentary School of Falsification The Commentary School of Falsification
Israeli schoolchildren returned to their desks this year to find a new history curriculum.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
The Rest of Them Are Clean The Rest of Them Are Clean
Elizabeth Dole won't break the law. McCain has scored no coke. The thought of Hatch with smack or crack Is palpably baroque.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Weird Science Weird Science
My first thought upon hearing that the Kansas state education board had removed evolution from its mandatory curriculum was: Go ahead! Be like that! Handicap your kids for life.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Word of Sympathy for Candidates Who Did Not Do Well in the Ames Voting A Word of Sympathy for Candidates Who Did Not Do Well in the Ames Voting
It really would stick in the craw To find that you had to withdraw From such a big race For not keeping pace In a poll that was nothing but straw.
Aug 19, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
And the Enemy Is… And the Enemy Is…
Patricia Williams will be on leave for the remainder of the year, returning to this space in January 2000.
Aug 19, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Not for Me Not for Me
I think I'd rather not belong At this point to the Falun Gong. The exercises don't look easy, And doing them might make me queasy
Aug 5, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush’s Death Watch Bush’s Death Watch
In rather the same way as new movies are now "reviewed" in terms of their first weekend gross, new candidates have become subject to evaluation by the dimensions of their "war ch...
Aug 5, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate
The single-payer system, it was said, Has faults that go beyond the fact it's Red: If any faceless bureaucrat decreed That surgery the doctor says you need
Jul 22, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pricks Up Your Ears Pricks Up Your Ears
In the August 9/16 issue of The Nation, Alexander Cockburn discusses Pacifica's alleged plans to use "scab" programming. KPFK General Manager Mark Schubb has told The Nation that h...
Jul 22, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Wreck of the Primary Campaign The Wreck of the Primary Campaign
(A Republican Sea Chantey)
Jul 8, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin