Women’s Rights: As the World Turns Women’s Rights: As the World Turns
Does it seem to you that feminism this past year was just one long gargle over the meaning of Monica? That the biggest women's issue was whether oral sex is sex?
Mar 11, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letter From Eritrea Letter From Eritrea
The present lull in the fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia may lead to a shift in their bitterly fought contest to the negotiating table, but an end to hostilities between tw...
Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Dan Connell
Correspondance School Art Correspondance School Art
If we think of a historical period as defined by what the French have usefully designated a mentalité--a shared set of attitudes, practices and beliefs--then periods end ...
Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Kissinger and Pinochet Kissinger and Pinochet
Henry Kissinger, realpolitiker nonpareil, never gave a damn about human rights.
Mar 11, 1999 / Peter Kornbluh
Feminine Mystiquers Feminine Mystiquers
For Danielle Crittenden, the "click" came when she was going to play tennis with her husband and a couple of acquaintances. She left her racket on one side of the court.
Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Escalation=More Drugs Escalation=More Drugs
Washington has begun the annual spring drug certification ritual.
Mar 11, 1999 / Eva Bertram and Kenneth Sharpe
Too Many Cigarettes Too Many Cigarettes
Monday: Screening of Garry Marshall's The Other Sister, which seems to be about a goldfish.
Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Montale as Couplet Montale as Couplet
The publication of Jonathan Galassi's translation and meticulous annotation of Eugenio Montale's Collected Poems, 1920-1954 has been justifiably celebrated on both sides of the ...
Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Michael Mewshaw
The Shame of our Nursing Homes The Shame of our Nursing Homes
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates
More Beds, More Money More Beds, More Money
Beverly Enterprises controls more than 60,000 nursing-home beds, more than any other company worldwide.
Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates