The Hunt for Hussein 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 claustrop...
Jan 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Bad Boy, Good Manners 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.
Jan 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism 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.
Jan 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brian Klug
‘Soft Multilateralism’ ‘Soft Multilateralism’
You can't go home again.
Jan 15, 2004 / Feature / Immanuel Wallerstein
The View From Mexico 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.
Jan 15, 2004 / Feature / Sen. Bernie Sanders
IOWA: Moseley Braun and Dean IOWA: Moseley Braun and Dean
DES MOINES -- When the Rev. Al Sharpton tore into Howard Dean's minority hiring record during Sunday's Iowa Black and Brown Forum debate here among the Democratic presidential con...
Jan 15, 2004 / John Nichols
A Spectacular Success? A Spectacular Success?
On the tenth anniversary of the NAFTA accord, mainstream media accounts have voiced muted disappointment with its relatively meager effects.
Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Lost in Space 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 in s...
Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Kitchen-Table State of the Union 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.
Jan 15, 2004 / Robert L. Borosage