The Answers Are… The Answers Are…
In our November 29 issue appeared "The Presidential Aptitude Test," a proposed snap quiz for candidates inspired by George W. Bush's flunking a test on the names of certain forei...
Jan 6, 2000 / The Editors
Seattle From the Seine Seattle From the Seine
"Le monde n'est pas une marchandise"--the world is not a commodity--proclaimed the large banner in the Parisian demonstration against the WTO.
Dec 15, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Joseph Heller Joseph Heller
Nelson Algren's 1961 review of Catch-22 is at www.thenation.com.
Dec 15, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens
Report From New York Report From New York
As workers and holiday shoppers spilled out of Manhattan's midtown skyscrapers and stores during rush hour last week, they were confronted with an unusual sight: Several thousa...
Dec 15, 1999 / Roane Carey
The Battle Beyond Seattle The Battle Beyond Seattle
A little broken glass in the streets of Seattle has transformed the World Trade Organization into a popular icon for the unregulated globalization that tramples human values on e...
Dec 9, 1999 / William Greider
Democracy Bites the WTO Democracy Bites the WTO
Seattle was indeed a milestone for a new kind of politics.
Dec 9, 1999 / The Editors
Waging War in Space Waging War in Space
"Master of Space"--a motto of the United States Space Command, a joint Air Force, Army and Navy command set up by the Pentagon in 1985--says it all.
Dec 9, 1999 / Karl Grossman and Judith Long
Ulster Says Maybe Ulster Says Maybe
Ireland's struggle to extricate itself from the British Empire contributed early and disproportionately to the political vocabulary of the twentieth century: colonial domination ...
Dec 2, 1999 / The Editors
Street Fight in Seattle Street Fight in Seattle
After the Battle in Seattle one thing is certain: The next WTO confab will be held somewhere like Singapore or Jakarta.
Dec 2, 1999 / Marc Cooper
Insider Enrichment Insider Enrichment
When the Clinton Administration privatized the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) last year, critics warned that the new company would seek to back out of a historic but...
Nov 25, 1999 / Ken Silverstein and Ian Urbina