Rebel Yell Rebel Yell
The recent march in South Carolina, demanding the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol is the latest episode in a long-running debate over the legacy of slavery.&...
Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
WTO: Workers of the World United? WTO: Workers of the World United?
San Francisco In his December 20 "Beat the Devil" column, "Trade Wars, Trade Truths," Alexander Cockburn got it exactly
Jan 27, 2000 / Alexander Cockburn and Our Readers
Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled
Although he endured great hardship, Bill Clinton comes out of the Oval Office smelling like roses.
Jan 23, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rain Man Rain Man
In his novel A Flag for Sunrise, Robert Stone invents this old American saying: "Mickey Mouse will see you dead." I have spent many profitable hours mulling over that coinage; an...
Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Ungood Fellas Ungood Fellas
The last decade of the twentieth century was not a happy one for the Mafia.
Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano
‘The First Environmentalists’ ‘The First Environmentalists’
For thirty years, since the publication of Silent Spring and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the growth of the environmental movement has been fueled with sorrow for the decimatio...
Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Pennybacker
The Woman Who Would Be Senator The Woman Who Would Be Senator
As you may have heard once or twice, we have a little Senate race going here in New York.
Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky
A Man of Straw A Man of Straw
In principle, I rather detest articles or items that begin or end with the words, "You heard it here first." Nonetheless, this is what I told the readers of this column on Decemb...
Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Beelzebub’s Buzzwords Beelzebub’s Buzzwords
These excerpts are from Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates (HarperCollins).
Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jim Hightower
Our Virtual Primaries Our Virtual Primaries
As the first voting of the 2000 presidential election approaches, in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries, public disinterest is palpable.
Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Schell