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In the Field of Chads In the Field of Chads

Why the hell isn't Al Gore--instead of me--doing this? It's 11:30 in the morning, the third day of the new year, and that's what I am thinking as I sit in a bland confe...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Corn

Different Players, Same Game Different Players, Same Game

But hold! Isn't it the demand of enlightened people that all within these borders have a right to work without being hassled by the INS or kindred state agency? You can argue whe...

Jan 11, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Clinton Era by the Numbers The Clinton Era by the Numbers

Far more federal investigators. Many more prosecutions of illegal immigrants. The continuing dominant role of the war on drugs. A decreasing emphasis on white-collar crime. More ...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Burnham and Susan Long

Thirteen Days of Our Lives Thirteen Days of Our Lives

In the aftermath of the Iran/contra crisis, one of the networks decided to make a docudrama about the life of Ollie North, loosely based on a biography by Ben Bradle Jr. Its prob...

Jan 11, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Letters Letters

FEMINIST GENERATION GAP? New York City It certainly is flattering to have a five-page comprehensive review of our book, Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism an...

Jan 5, 2001 / Our Readers

Silver Linings Silver Linings

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Jan 5, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Block Ashcroft–II Block Ashcroft–II

Just how bad an Attorney General would John Ashcroft be? And is his nomination worth fighting? To answer the first question, talk to those who have experienced Ashcroft up close ...

Jan 5, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Alan Cranston Alan Cranston

After retiring from the Senate in 1993, Alan Cranston, who died on New Year's Eve of the new millennium in the home of his son Kim, began a new career that was as important as th...

Jan 5, 2001 / Jonathan Schell

The Führer Furor The Führer Furor

Chaplinesque Rapscallion New Leader of Germany's National Socialist Party       --The Onion "I have nothing to say about Hitler." With this...

Jan 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter

Behind Mount Rushdie Behind Mount Rushdie

About a year ago, Amit Chaudhuri published in the Times Literary Supplement a panoramic survey of the past century or so of Indian writing and its reception in the West. He obser...

Jan 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Sumana Raychaudhuri

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