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On the White House Dress Code On the White House Dress Code

The President's demanding proper dress-- A tie, a coat, a shine on shoes or boots. Some citizens may find this a relief: We've now returned to government by suits.

Mar 15, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Will Jodie Whitewash Leni? Will Jodie Whitewash Leni?

Hitler's filmmaker is Foster's fixation.

Mar 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wallace

Middle East Peace Talk Middle East Peace Talk

Ariel Sharon's election as Israeli Prime Minister insures a prolonged pause in progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace. While awaiting his successor, politicians and commentator...

Mar 15, 2001 / John V. Whitbeck

Our Mobsters, Ourselves

Our Mobsters, Ourselves Our Mobsters, Ourselves

Why The Sopranos is therapeutic TV.

Mar 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ellen Willis

Three Gentlemen of Venona Three Gentlemen of Venona

Three Gentlemen of Venona San Francisco While Stephen Schwartz does a good job of tearing apart the Venona book by Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, he praises the...

Mar 15, 2001 / Stephen Schwartz, Morton Sobell, and John Lowenthal

Mangler-in-Chief Mangler-in-Chief

Last month, the Boston Globe broke the amazing news that President George W. Bush is rapidly becoming the Pericles of modern politics.

Mar 13, 2001 / Ken Silverstein

When Ignorance Is Bliss When Ignorance Is Bliss

I have eaten more than my share of Whoppers in my forty-one years. As a teenager I liked them so much I'd worry about whether I could afford another one while still eating the fi...

Mar 8, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

What Are Spies For? What Are Spies For?

The air now quivers with gloomy assessments of the secrets "compromised" by the FBI's Robert Hanssen, a senior official who stands accused of working for the Russians since 1985....

Mar 8, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Name the President! Name the President!

There were so many brilliant entries to our Name the President Contest that our judges were hard pressed to choose the winning five. (Up to the February 19 deadline the count was ...

Mar 8, 2001 / The Editors

Our Presidential Libraries Our Presidential Libraries

Allegations that President Clinton pardoned Marc Rich partly in return for donations to his presidential library have raised questions about the value of such institutions and the...

Mar 8, 2001 / Robert Dallek

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