Politics

Tilting at Rumor Mills Tilting at Rumor Mills

Now that the Constitution has been rescued and sexual McCarthyism discredited, perhaps the most durable legacy of the Lewinsky mess is the central location of the right-wing sl...

Feb 25, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

And Now–Social Security And Now–Social Security

Social Security's future is the first, and gargantuan, legislative issue of the post-Monica era.

Feb 25, 1999 / The Editors

Kenneth Starr in a car

Smoke in Starr’s Chamber Smoke in Starr’s Chamber

This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson’s “Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why,” for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.

Feb 18, 1999 / Feature / Thomas Ferguson

The Price of Vigilance The Price of Vigilance

Good Christian kids must study Tinky Winky To try to catch him doing something kinky.

Feb 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

So, Is It Back to Bowling Alone? So, Is It Back to Bowling Alone?

The scene with which The Good Citizen opens could have been lifted straight from a Norman Rockwell painting.

Feb 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp

How Hitchens Suckered Himself How Hitchens Suckered Himself

Amid the shifting sands of Christopher Hitchens's accounts of and apologias for his bearing witness (deemed false witness by the man he still insists on calling his friend) again...

Feb 18, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Clinton’s Choice Clinton’s Choice

With the impeachment slogfest over, Congressional Democrats, particularly the liberals, once again face the ever-aggravating matter of their thorny relationship with President C...

Feb 18, 1999 / David Corn

What Boddah You?: The Authenticity Debate What Boddah You?: The Authenticity Debate

If there's one thing everyone agrees on about Hawaii writer Lois-Ann Yamanaka, it's that she has a perfect ear for local pidgin dialects, which change cadence and idiom througho...

Feb 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Pennybacker

Minority Report Minority Report

On February 26 last, my old friend Sidney Blumenthal emerged from the grand jury and made a bravura appearance on the courthouse steps in Washington, DC.

Feb 11, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters

What happens to a leading Marxist writer after he gets a MacArthur genius grant, a Getty Fellowship, and his new book hits number one on the nonfiction bestseller list?

Feb 4, 1999 / Feature / Jon Wiener

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