If Not Now… If Not Now…
There are a number of persuasive reasons to cast a vote for Ralph Nader in the fall, and a number of unpersuasive reasons, too.
Jul 13, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Kosovo on Hold Kosovo on Hold
Clouds of blackbirds still do go wheeling and shrieking above Kosovo Polje, the bleak and windy site of the great Turkish victory over Serbia (and Albania) in 1389.
Mar 30, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
A Man of Straw A Man of Straw
In principle, I rather detest articles or items that begin or end with the words, "You heard it here first." Nonetheless, this is what I told the readers of this column on Decemb...
Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Our Rigged Elections Our Rigged Elections
Some things may be true even if Pat Buchanan says them, and the inescapable fact is that the 2000 presidential election has so far been a rigged affair, bearing more resemblance ...
Oct 28, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
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
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
The Spies Who Fleeced Us The Spies Who Fleeced Us
It's always suspicious when Washingtonians start breaking into bad Latin. There may be a quid, you hear them say, and there seems to be a quo.
Jun 24, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Port Huron Piffle Port Huron Piffle
Tom Hayden's editorial essay ["The Liberals' Folly," May 24] was an offense to reason and an offense to principle. Why don't I begin with the principle?
May 27, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Belgrade Degraded Belgrade Degraded
Every now and then it really happens. A "military spokesman" emerges to prove that Joseph Heller was a realist, and Catch-22 a work of reportorial integrity.
Apr 29, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
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