Thurow’s Infonomics Thurow’s Infonomics
We are entering, techno-boosters breathlessly proclaim, a "third industrial revolution," that of the "knowledge-based" or "new" economy.
Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Robert J. Crawford
Navigating The Atlantic Navigating The Atlantic
Michael Kelly said all the right things upon being appointed to head the 142-year-old beacon of American letters, The Atlantic Monthly.
Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Euro Without a Europe A Euro Without a Europe
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting," writes Milan Kundera in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. But in the US media today, nothing ...
Sep 23, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
From Pacifica to the Atlantic From Pacifica to the Atlantic
The summer of 1999 will be remembered by many progressives as the time of the great KPFA lockout--when Pacifica's management tried to muzzle the nation's oldest community radio s...
Sep 23, 1999 / Robert W. McChesney
Pacifica/Bellicosica Pacifica/Bellicosica
Our coverage of the situation at KPFA in San Francisco--Marc Cooper's "Pacifica on the Brink" (Aug.
Sep 16, 1999 / Our Readers
The Journal’s Russia Scandal The Journal’s Russia Scandal
Just before Christmas in 1997, as a tumultuous stock-market crisis ravaged emerging markets in every corner of the globe, readers of the Wall Street Journal were treated to some ...
Sep 16, 1999 / Feature / Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames
CBS-Viacom Nuptials CBS-Viacom Nuptials
An abbreviated version of this article appeared in the October 4, 1999 issue.
Sep 16, 1999 / Mark Crispin Miller
Little Limbaughs and the Fire Next Time Little Limbaughs and the Fire Next Time
Residents of Skaneateles, New York, complained to visiting reporters about the Clintons' decision to make themselves relatively scarce on their recent vacation.
Sep 9, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
Students for Sale Students for Sale
Research support was provided by the Open Society Institute and the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Sep 9, 1999 / Feature / Steven Manning
The Commentary School of Falsification The Commentary School of Falsification
Israeli schoolchildren returned to their desks this year to find a new history curriculum.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens