Wherefore Al Gore? Wherefore Al Gore?
They're asking now, "Wherefore Al Gore?" They're thinking now, "Should we explore A few alternatives before We find too late we've bet the store
Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Battle Hymn Battle Hymn
We're bombing you back to the Stone Age, Slobo, To teach you that you must behave. When all of our bombing is finished, Slobo,
Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Ethnic Poisoning Ethnic Poisoning
In the very first days of Kosovo's drama of the dispossessed--a calculated atrocity that Slobodan Milosevic probably thinks of as his "exodus strategy"--the most amazing mantra ...
Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Media Matters Media Matters
Record numbers of students are going online, according to UCLA's annual survey of college freshmen released this past January.
Apr 8, 1999 / Column / Logan Hill
Rebellion at Pacifica Rebellion at Pacifica
One in five people in America lives within reach of the FM frequencies of the Pacifica radio network, which consists of stations in Berkeley, Los Angeles, New York, Washington an...
Apr 8, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Enter Steve Forbes Enter Steve Forbes
In '96 poor Forbes was thought To be less zealous than he ought To be on things like baby-killing. So now he's showing that he's willing
Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Srebrenica Revisited Srebrenica Revisited
During the Balkan war of 1912, Leon Trotsky was a war correspondent for a group of liberal Russian and Ukrainian newspapers.
Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Enter Mrs. Dole Enter Mrs. Dole
Elizabeth Dole is all perfection. She shoots one take, without exception. She drives her staff so no step's spared To get an ad-libbed speech prepared.
Mar 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Paving the Way Paving the Way
Since you weren't bent all out of shape By hearing Bill accused of rape, It's now assumed that it won't trouble you To hear some dirt about George W.
Mar 11, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Women’s Rights: As the World Turns Women’s Rights: As the World Turns
Does it seem to you that feminism this past year was just one long gargle over the meaning of Monica? That the biggest women's issue was whether oral sex is sex?
Mar 11, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt