The Kitchen-Table State of the Union
With the stock market surging and the economy growing, George W. Bush has begun touting the success of his tax cuts.
Print Magazine
February 2, 2004 Issue
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Editorial
Border Justice
The call by George W. Bush for major reform of our failed immigration policy was undoubtedly made with election-year eyes fixed on the growing Latino vote.
Sectarianism in Iraq
Saddam Hussein's capture on December 13 ended the role of the minority Sunni Arabs as Iraq's ruling group since 1638, when the Sunni Ottoman Turks captured Mesopotamia (then c...
Not-So-Special Counsel
When is a special counsel not a special counsel?
When the Ashcroft Justice Department appoints one to investigate the White House.
Why I’m for Clark
By the end of June last year, I had met all the Democratic candidates for President.
Column
A Spectacular Success?
On the tenth anniversary of the NAFTA accord, mainstream media accounts have voiced muted disappointment with its relatively meager effects.
Lost in Space
A while back, in a column calling for more arts funding, I observed that a lot more people are interested in classical music, ballet, theater and museums than are interested i...
Letters
Feature
The View From Mexico
This past November, along with six other members of the US Congress, I visited Mexico on a Teamsters-sponsored trip in order to assess what NAFTA has done to Mexico.
Books & the Arts
The Hunt for Hussein
About a third of the way through the long, long flashback that is Crimson Gold, someone mentions that the main character, Hussein, needs to work outdoors because of his...
Bad Boy, Good Manners
Few of the good things that reward the rising--or risen--young artist have not fallen to John Currin in recent days.
The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism
In 1879 the German journalist Wilhelm Marr, a former socialist and anarchist, founded an organization that was novel in two ways.
