Schmoozapalooza 2000 Schmoozapalooza 2000
So ABC is arranging its convention coverage around an exhibition football game. NBC is giving us just the acceptance speeches.
Jul 27, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle
American politicians are not noted for their historical self-consciousness.
Jul 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
A Devil Theory of Islam A Devil Theory of Islam
Judith Miller is a New York Times reporter much in evidence on talk shows and seminars on the Middle East.
Jul 25, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Edward W. Said
Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers? Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers?
Should the corporate owners of newspapers like the Los Angeles Times or the New York Post be allowed to own television stations in the same city?
Jul 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Politics 2001: Bush Rules, Gore Drools Politics 2001: Bush Rules, Gore Drools
Where is Al Gore? Maybe he hasn't noticed, but all sorts of horrible things are happening under the Bush Administration--just as he predicted. Yet Gore has been totally silent. ...
Jul 17, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Flounder The Flounder
Long before I'd gone to a theater and lashed myself to a seat, I formed two expectations about The Perfect Storm.
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Speed of Poetry The Speed of Poetry
When I visit the Poetry Publication Showcase, an annual display of the year's new poetry books at Poets House in Manhattan, I feel as if I've been granted a precious audience wit...
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jan Clausen
A City That Worked A City That Worked
The New York of 1945 was the victorious city of the New Deal and World War II, one that can barely be glimpsed today beneath postmodern towers and billboards for dot-com enterprise...
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Robert W. Snyder
MP3: It’s Only Rock and Roll and The Kids Are Alright MP3: It’s Only Rock and Roll and The Kids Are Alright
Once upon a time there was a struggling young California band. Its music was too loud and its image too unpolished for MTV.
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Siva Vaidhyanathan
Pulling Back the Veil on Condor Pulling Back the Veil on Condor
For three years, from 1975 through 1977, the countries in what is known as the Southern Cone of South America underwent a human rights crime wave unprecedented before or since in...
Jul 13, 2000 / Feature / John Dinges