Israel Diary Israel Diary
March 28: SECURITY (I) At moments, I wonder whether we've left America.
May 6, 1999 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
‘Degrading’ America ‘Degrading’ America
It is imperative to focus on the essential reason Americans must unequivocally oppose the US-led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
May 6, 1999 / Stephen F. Cohen
Palestinians on Hold Palestinians on Hold
"Arafat gave in to our pressure," was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's typically self-promoting response to the PLO's recent decision not to declare a Palestinian stat...
May 6, 1999 / Graham Usher
Lovestone’s Thin Red Line Lovestone’s Thin Red Line
Jay Lovestone is not only one of the oddest characters in the history of the American left but easily its most slippery.
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Paul Buhle
Waits: Guthrie’s Heir? Waits: Guthrie’s Heir?
Tom Waits is an imaginary hobo. He cruises the oddball corners of American pop culture, collecting the deft and moving and loopy short takes he sees and imagines there.
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
Stop the War Now Stop the War Now
NATO's war on Yugoslavia has failed catastrophically. The crimes against humanity that the alliance hoped to forestall continue to be visited upon the Albanian Kosovars.
May 6, 1999 / The Editors
Memory Hotel (It’s Haunted) Memory Hotel (It’s Haunted)
Thanks to the genius of millions, who over the generations have created our language, we may speak of the most uncanny experience in terms that suit the most common.
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Slobo in Prayer Slobo in Prayer
So Slobodan said prayers with Jesse. But prayed for what? Who knows? I'd guess he Would say, "So stop the bombs!" and then amens. Except when bombs no longer shower
May 6, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fading Czech Velvet Fading Czech Velvet
As I'm driven to the home of Ivan Klima, one of the Czech Republic's most internationally respected writers, the hand of fate slips in beside me in the taxi.
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Mark Schapiro
Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq
Iraq is out of the news, mostly, except for the occasional report of a missile fired from a US jet flying over it on patrol. And Maj. Scott Ritter is off the air.
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / William M. Arkin