The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer
Most Americans don't like instrumental music.
Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
Comic Relief, NEA-Style Comic Relief, NEA-Style
The world is a bleak canvas, all black and white, with only some grays "so that the black and the white [don't] bump into each other so hard." The gods are quarrelsome and bored...
Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
Destroying Kosovo Destroying Kosovo
The catastrophic effects of the air war against Serbia subvert the Clinton Administration's declared humanitarian intentions.
Apr 1, 1999 / The Editors
Better Ed Than Dead Better Ed Than Dead
Like the telephone before it, television has been an instrument for overcoming American loneliness.
Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Srebrenica Revisited Srebrenica Revisited
During the Balkan war of 1912, Leon Trotsky was a war correspondent for a group of liberal Russian and Ukrainian newspapers.
Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Enter Steve Forbes Enter Steve Forbes
In '96 poor Forbes was thought To be less zealous than he ought To be on things like baby-killing. So now he's showing that he's willing
Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
If Poverty Is the Question… If Poverty Is the Question…
What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.
Apr 1, 1999 / Paul Wellstone
Part of Our Time, Too Part of Our Time, Too
Given the late Dalton Trumbo's various claims to verbal fame--highest-paid screenwriter of his day, most vocal member of the Hollywood Ten, polemicist extraordinaire, winner und...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dalton Trumbo and Murray Kempton
On Movies, Money & Politics On Movies, Money & Politics
The Nation asked six politically active members of the entertainment community to comment on recent developments in the realms of politics and popular culture.
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind
American Graffiti American Graffiti
It's true--and a cliché--that Hollywood films hold up a mirror to American society. It's equally true--and equally a cliché--that Hollywood films fail to reflect Am...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield