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Edison’s Red Ink Schoolhouse Edison’s Red Ink Schoolhouse

The biggest brand name in for-profit education is floundering.

Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Peter Schrag

Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’ Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’

On July 1 Larry Summers--the Wunderkind economist who ran the Treasury Department under President Clinton--takes over as president of Harvard University. "A fitting choice," edito...

Jun 7, 2001 / Matt Bivens

Florida Revisited Florida Revisited

With each new look at the November election in Florida, the argument of the Bush Five on the Supreme Court--that manual recounts would lead to the unequal treatment of voters--app...

Jun 7, 2001 / The Editors

The Fugitive The Fugitive

It was, take it for all in all, a near-faultless headline: HENRY KISSINGER RATTRAPÉ AU RITZ, À PARIS, PAR LES FANTÔMES DU PLAN CONDOR. I especially liked the ...

Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

The Littlest Coke Addicts The Littlest Coke Addicts

The March 14 announcement by the Coca-Cola Company that it is scaling back its aggressive marketing strategy in public schools is a clear victory for opponents of schoolhouse comm...

Jun 7, 2001 / Steven Manning

‘Moral’ Execution ‘Moral’ Execution

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Jun 6, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’ Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’

On July 1 Larry Summers--the Wunderkind economist who ran the Treasury Department under President Clinton--takes over as president of Harvard University.

Jun 5, 2001 / Matt Bivens

Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed

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Jun 5, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim

The Vandals Repeat Did Not Take the Handles The Vandals Repeat Did Not Take the Handles

Wonder why it took ex-Republican Jim Jeffords to alert the national media to the fact that the Bush Administration is run out of the extremist end of the GOP? Writing from inside...

May 31, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Left Taught Him How to Do It The Left Taught Him How to Do It

The leftists organizing in Vermont since the 1970s prepared the ground for James Jeffords's jump, and he never would have done it without them. In the 1970s and 1980s Democrats h...

May 31, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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