Nationalism Unleashed Nationalism Unleashed
We Hungarians entered NATO on March 12.
Apr 15, 1999 / George Konrad
Accountant of Death Accountant of Death
After we admit that all historical circumstances are specific and all sufferings absolute--that Serbian "police" are not Nazis and ethnic Albanians not Jews (and NATO forces can...
Apr 15, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Ethnic Poisoning Ethnic Poisoning
In the very first days of Kosovo's drama of the dispossessed--a calculated atrocity that Slobodan Milosevic probably thinks of as his "exodus strategy"--the most amazing mantra ...
Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Battle Hymn Battle Hymn
We're bombing you back to the Stone Age, Slobo, To teach you that you must behave. When all of our bombing is finished, Slobo,
Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Political Chapter, Bible Verse Political Chapter, Bible Verse
After writing this, her fourth book on the Christian right, Sara Diamond donated fourteen years' worth of research--right-wing pamphlets, fliers and position papers--to the Unive...
Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Abby Scher
Front Page With a Human Face Front Page With a Human Face
Back in the fifties, before the term "new journalism" was coined, back when Gay Talese was writing minor obituaries for the New York Times, Tom Wolfe was a grad student at Yale a...
Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dan Wakefield
The Case Against Inaction The Case Against Inaction
Sadly, some on the left are angrier about NATO's bombing than they are about the Serbian forces' atrocities, even though Milosevic's men have killed more in one Kosovan village ...
Apr 8, 1999 / Ian Williams and Bogdan Denitch
False History Lessons False History Lessons
Confronted with the inexplicable, policy-makers and pundits alike grope for the apt historical analogy. It's a natural human reaction.
Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird
Running on Empty Running on Empty
Texas Observer editor Louis Dubose estimates that his property tax will decrease by $130 in the year 2000.
Apr 8, 1999 / Feature / Lou Dubose
$1 Billion for Conservative Ideas $1 Billion for Conservative Ideas
Last year the Heritage Foundation celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Apr 8, 1999 / Feature / David Callahan