Political Figures

Bush’s Death Watch Bush’s Death Watch

In rather the same way as new movies are now "reviewed" in terms of their first weekend gross, new candidates have become subject to evaluation by the dimensions of their "war ch...

Aug 5, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Progress in the Kosovo Talks Progress in the Kosovo Talks

Could settlement and peace both come before Young Bush finds a position on the war?

Jun 10, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Starr and Willey: The Untold Story Starr and Willey: The Untold Story

Amanda Elk, Rachel Margolis and David Schaenman provided research assistance. This article was supported in part by a Goldsmith Research Award from Harvard University's Shorenstein...

Apr 29, 1999 / Feature / Florence Graves and Jacqueline E. Sharkey

Starr Must Go Starr Must Go

Kenneth Starr, seeking to rehabilitate his reputation, is now portraying himself as a sincere professional trapped by the exigencies of a bad law.

Apr 29, 1999 / The Editors

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

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

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

If Poverty Is the Question… If Poverty Is the Question…

What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.

Apr 1, 1999 / Paul Wellstone

Srebrenica Revisited Srebrenica Revisited

During the Balkan war of 1912, Leon Trotsky was a war correspondent for a group of liberal Russian and Ukrainian newspapers.

Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

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