Articles

Rushdie as Orpheus, on Guitar Rushdie as Orpheus, on Guitar

From the Satanic Versifier, more love and more death, with a song in his heart.

Apr 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

Preventive Diplomacy Preventive Diplomacy

The US/NATO war in Kosovo marks a dramatic shift in the contours of global politics and domestic foreign policy discussions that is likely to have ramifications for years to come...

Apr 21, 1999 / Feature / William D. Hartung

Wherefore Al Gore? Wherefore Al Gore?

They're asking now, "Wherefore Al Gore?" They're thinking now, "Should we explore A few alternatives before We find too late we've bet the store

Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Hawks, Doves & Ducks Hawks, Doves & Ducks

As NATO was beginning its fourth week of not-yet-successful persuasion bombing, several progressive members of the House gathered privately to hash out their views of President C...

Apr 21, 1999 / David Corn

Whose Pacifica? Whose Pacifica?

There's a scene in The Godfather when Clemenza, anticipating the outbreak of a full-scale war between the families, nonchalantly remarks to young Mikey Corleone: "This thing's go...

Apr 21, 1999 / Marc Cooper

The Trials of the Millennium The Trials of the Millennium

As New York City braces itself for the trials of two sets of police officers accused in the injury of Abner Louima and the death of Amadou Diallo, perhaps it's time to cull a lis...

Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Way of All Flesh The Way of All Flesh

Hark! The squeal of the two-headed amphibian. Mating season must have begun.

Apr 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

NATO: At 50, It’s Time to Quit NATO: At 50, It’s Time to Quit

The war against Serbia is the Banquo's ghost of NATO's fiftieth-anniversary celebration in Washington.

Apr 21, 1999 / Feature / Benjamin Schwarz and Christopher Layne

Solzhenitsyn’s History Lesson Solzhenitsyn’s History Lesson

Knowledge of Khrushchev's reaction cited above is personal; he was the author's grandfather.

Apr 15, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Nina Khrushcheva

The Education of Mike Milken The Education of Mike Milken

"'Gotta go to Moraga!' That's what everybody says," notes a visitor to the Oz-like place where the American educational revolution is being plotted: "That's the code word for go...

Apr 15, 1999 / Feature / Russ Baker

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