War of the Worlds War of the Worlds
When a boy comes of age in a movie made by Francophones, he's generally obliged to visit a brothel.
Sep 9, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Beyond the Drug War Beyond the Drug War
Most of the media regard the coy refusal of George W.
Sep 2, 1999 / The Editors
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
The Rest of Them Are Clean The Rest of Them Are Clean
Elizabeth Dole won't break the law. McCain has scored no coke. The thought of Hatch with smack or crack Is palpably baroque.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Weird Science Weird Science
My first thought upon hearing that the Kansas state education board had removed evolution from its mandatory curriculum was: Go ahead! Be like that! Handicap your kids for life.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Holbrooke’s Time to Lead Holbrooke’s Time to Lead
In assuming his position at the United Nations, ambassador Richard Holbrooke brings his personal access to power, a sharp intelligence and a capacity, unusual in government, to t...
Sep 2, 1999 / The Editors
Buchanan Breaks Ranks Buchanan Breaks Ranks
In Washington, a city in which (to borrow a phrase from Virginia Woolf) all is gossip, corruption and chatter, the end-of-summer buzz has been about Pat Buchanan and whether he'll ...
Sep 2, 1999 / Doug Ireland and Micah L. Sifry
Humiliation With a Smile Humiliation With a Smile
To suffer humiliation can be tragic. To bear humiliation for much longer than necessary, yet with loud impatience, is the comic gift of Albert Brooks.
Sep 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
It’s Time for Realism It’s Time for Realism
Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: reponses by Peter Kornbluh, Mike Gray and Elliott Currie--and Massing's concluding thoughts.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Michael Massing
Life of a Scandal Life of a Scandal
In mid-October 1996, two months after the publication of Gary Webb's series "Dark Alliance" in the San Jose Mercury News, an extraordinary town meeting took place in Compton, Cal...
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh