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China: Beyond the Matrix China: Beyond the Matrix

Bill Clinton and George Will so rarely agree with each other that when they embrace the same position, we should be alarmed. This thought came to mind upon realizing that their st...

Apr 19, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Lie to the Media, Get a Job Lie to the Media, Get a Job

Perhaps I underestimate the joy of being given a silly nickname by the Leader of the Free World, but I'm having a hard time understanding why media big feet are so taken by the n...

Apr 19, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

McVeigh’s Last Mile McVeigh’s Last Mile

Attorney General John Ashcroft says he does not want Timothy McVeigh to "inject more poison into our culture"--a striking statement, given the method of McVeigh's execution. Accor...

Apr 19, 2001 / The Editors

Justice: The First Casualty of Truth? Justice: The First Casualty of Truth?

If Gen. Augusto Pinochet had not been arrested in England on the night of October 16, 1998, the truth about his crimes would never have been fully revealed and democracy in Chile ...

Apr 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Reed Brody

Sovereign Corporations Sovereign Corporations

When NAFTA was adopted in 1993, Chapter 11 in the trade and investment agreement was too obscure to stir controversy. Eight years later, it's the smoking gun in the intensifying a...

Apr 12, 2001 / William Greider

Black Politics in the Bush Era: Fallout From 2000 Will Continue Black Politics in the Bush Era: Fallout From 2000 Will Continue

Angry over the Florida debacle, African-Americans may retaliate in 2002.

Apr 12, 2001 / Feature / Ron Walters

Commies and the Conservatives Who Love Them Commies and the Conservatives Who Love Them

Remember the term "useful idiots"? Those were the well-meaning leftists who during the cold war couldn't distinguish between the beautiful dream of communism and the mu...

Apr 5, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

Stones, Glass Houses, Sontag and Said Stones, Glass Houses, Sontag and Said

To put it all in a nutshell, come the month of May Edward Said won't be traveling to Vienna; Susan Sontag will be traveling to Jerusalem. It's a backhanded tribute ...

Apr 5, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era

In the clash over tax cuts and social programs, much of what progressives need to do is defensive. But it would be a mistake not to float new ideas, too.

Apr 5, 2001 / Feature /

Publish or Speech Perishes Publish or Speech Perishes

In the words of the old folk song, "When will they ever learn?" David Horowitz, former radical who these days is in the business of promoting (1) neoconservatism and (2) David ...

Apr 5, 2001 / Victor Navasky

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