Pakistan on the Brink Pakistan on the Brink
Pakistan today is a complete mess, a sad example of what can happen when a once-favored "frontline state" is reduced to the status of a cold war orphan.
Kosovo Revisited Kosovo Revisited
During my recent visit to Kosovo two strong impressions emerged. The first is that the curse of Serbian oppression has been definitively lifted from the majority-Albanian populat...
Mar 22, 2000 / Richard Falk
All the President’s Mien All the President’s Mien
Leon Aron, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has over the past few years become known as an authority on Boris Yeltsin, a man he patently likes and has vig...
Mar 9, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Abraham Brumberg
Salvation in South Africa Salvation in South Africa
Blessed with a great subject, afflicted with it too, J.M. Coetzee has remade its meanings in the light of metaphor often no further from us than our own bodies.
Feb 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Joseph McElroy
Old King Kohl, or A Very Fine Fiddle Had He Old King Kohl, or A Very Fine Fiddle Had He
(With apologies, under the table, to Mother Goose)
Jan 27, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letter From Zambia Letter From Zambia
"The problem with taking a blood sample for your malaria test is that the cockroaches may eat it in the night," announced the nurse. "Ants are an even worse problem.
Jan 27, 2000 / Feature / Mark Lynas
The ‘Cuba Exception’ The ‘Cuba Exception’
The law governing the case of Elián González, the 6-year-old Cuban boy found clinging to an inner tube after his mother drowned on the way here from Cuba, could not...
Jan 20, 2000 / David Cole
The Russians in Chechnya The Russians in Chechnya
It seems so familiar to me: They know one more tank, one more gun'll Allow best and brightest to see The light at the end of the tunnel.
Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Man of Straw A Man of Straw
In principle, I rather detest articles or items that begin or end with the words, "You heard it here first." Nonetheless, this is what I told the readers of this column on Decemb...
Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
President Putin? President Putin?
Boris Yeltsin's sudden resignation as President on New Year's Eve provoked ritual praise of his legacy by the same editorial voices that have been championing him for nine years ...
Jan 6, 2000 / The Editors