Inherit an Ill Wind Inherit an Ill Wind
Way down in Georgia last month, REM lead singer Michael Stipe paused in the middle of a solo during a rock concert because he had Kansas on his mind.
Sep 16, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Larry Witham and Edward Larson
Decolonizing the Mind Decolonizing the Mind
As Hawaii's first American century comes to an end, marking grim anniversaries of overthrow and forced annexation by the United States, a groundswell for Native Hawaiian sovereig...
Sep 16, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Pennybacker
The Journal’s Russia Scandal The Journal’s Russia Scandal
Just before Christmas in 1997, as a tumultuous stock-market crisis ravaged emerging markets in every corner of the globe, readers of the Wall Street Journal were treated to some ...
Sep 16, 1999 / Feature / Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames
Laundering Yeltsin Laundering Yeltsin
The Russian Foreign Minister says it's an American plot to keep Russia weak. The head of the KGB-successor agency offers that same conviction in a formal briefing to President Bo...
Sep 16, 1999 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Ending Timor’s Ordeal Ending Timor’s Ordeal
Indonesia's scorched-earth compliance with international pressure on East Timor has left Dili, the capital, in ruins, displaced some 100,000 people to refugee camps under the con...
Sep 16, 1999 / The Editors
Robbing Russia Robbing Russia
Finally, the rampant corruption at the core of Russia's post-Communist transformation is front-page news.
Sep 16, 1999 / The Editors
CBS-Viacom Nuptials CBS-Viacom Nuptials
An abbreviated version of this article appeared in the October 4, 1999 issue.
Sep 16, 1999 / Mark Crispin Miller
A Haunted Journey A Haunted Journey
After the war life will begin to stir once again, but we won't be here, we will have vanished just as the Aztecs have vanished.
Sep 9, 1999 / Feature / Daniel Singer
US Complicity in Timor US Complicity in Timor
While the Indonesian military's thugs continue their rampage in East Timor, most foreign reporters have fled the country.
Sep 9, 1999 / Allan Nairn
East Timor’s Agony East Timor’s Agony
With Dili burning and anti-independence militias carrying on a murderous terror campaign beneath the noses of Indonesian soldiers and police, the United Nations prepared to evac...
Sep 9, 1999 / The Editors