Extending the Elián González Policy Extending the Elián González Policy
Yes, any Cuban kid would thrive right here. At Disney World he'd surely have a ball. And over there he lacks what we revere. So maybe we should simply snatch them all.
Apr 5, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Beat The Beat
From Seattle to Washington After last fall's anti-WTO protests rocked Seattle and the world, activists asked, "What next?" The answer is a week of teach-ins, lobbying, ma
Apr 5, 2000 / John Nichols
Microsoft: Judgment Day Microsoft: Judgment Day
Despite all the palaver, the denouement came quickly.
Apr 5, 2000 / Eben Moglen
Seattle Sequel in DC Seattle Sequel in DC
"Seattle East," "A16," "Mobilization for Global Justice"--by whatever name you call it, a coalition of Teamsters and turtles, students and scholars, church, human rights, consume...
Apr 5, 2000 / The Editors
Talking ‘Anarchy’ With Chomsky Talking ‘Anarchy’ With Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is a longtime political activist, writer and professor of linguistics at MIT.
Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Barsamian
The Heck With That Global Warming Stuff The Heck With That Global Warming Stuff
Time to ease up on George W. So what that he tore up the Kyoto agreement, which had been painstakingly hammered out among 100 nations in an attempt to control global warming. B...
Apr 3, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush Crawls Into Bed With the Money Lenders Bush Crawls Into Bed With the Money Lenders
If only George W. Bush were content to merely market nights in the Lincoln Bedroom or issue some questionable pardons, the public would be much better off. But no, the new Pres...
Mar 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Legionnaire’s Disease Legionnaire’s Disease
If you squint long enough at Claire Denis's amazing Beau Travail--you'll have to squint, given the African sunlight--you will make out the faint contour of a story.
Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel
Tilman Riemenschneider
Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The New U The New U
While the public has been napping, the American university has been busily reinventing itself.
Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp