Iraqi Sideshow Continues Iraqi Sideshow Continues
On May 12 the Iraqi News Agency reported the deaths of twelve people, including two children, and 200 head of livestock near the northern city of Mosul, caused by American bombs.
May 20, 1999 / Dilip Hiro
‘We Are All Albanians’ ‘We Are All Albanians’
The other day on the BBC news I saw a young, educated and eloquent Serbian woman speaking about the life of ordinary citizens under the NATO bombing. The Serbian citizens are af...
May 20, 1999 / Slavenka Drakulic
Europe’s New Divide Europe’s New Divide
How can you doubt the progressive nature of NATO missiles when they are blessed by Europe's socialists and the radical heroes of the sixties?
May 20, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Israel Chooses Peace Israel Chooses Peace
The Israeli election is good news indeed.
May 20, 1999 / The Editors
Welcome Out, Amy Fisher Welcome Out, Amy Fisher
We welcome out Ms. Amy Fisher And all of us sincerely wish her Success in any field she might embrace. We hope that she'll avoid the showy,
May 20, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Labor’s Foundations Labor’s Foundations
Deep in the pages of the biweekly Chronicle of Philanthropy lies the "New Grants" section.
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy
On the Virtual Picket Line On the Virtual Picket Line
The unfortunate flaw in From the Telegraph to the Internet is its title, which suggests a highly specialized account of an industry when in fact it is a deeply moving narrative ...
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Marcus G. Raskin
Borges in Another Métier Borges in Another Métier
With Pablo Neruda and Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges set in motion the wave of astonishing writing that has given Latin American literature its high place in our time.
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jay Parini
Texaco on Trial Texaco on Trial
Like virtually everyone else in San Carlos, Ecuador, Hugo Ureña never imagined that danger might lurk in the shiny black liquid that began appearing in the water near his ho...
May 13, 1999 / Feature / Eyal Press
License to Kill in Timor License to Kill in Timor
Allan Nairn was banned from Indonesia and East Timor as a "threat to national security" after he survived the Dili massacre of 1991. Arrested and deported last year and threatened ...
May 13, 1999 / Allan Nairn