Society

Does Europe Do It Better? Does Europe Do It Better?

Listen to a debate among drug policy advocates and you're likely to hear impassioned claims about the brilliant success (or dismal failure) of more "liberal" approaches in certai...

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter

George Soros’s Long Strange Trip George Soros’s Long Strange Trip

Research assistance: David Levinson Wilk.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Russ Baker

Marijuana Made Easy Marijuana Made Easy

For more than half a century, the US government has maintained a hard line on marijuana, denying that the plant has any medical value at all.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Cynthia Cotts

The Road to Reform The Road to Reform

Nearly everyone seems to agree that the war on drugs has been a disaster, but little progress in ending it has been made.

Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Carol A. Bergman

Burned by Waco Burned by Waco

On July 26 I sat for almost fourteen hours in a hearing room waiting to testify before Congress on the tragedy at Waco, and watched a dismal performance.

Aug 28, 1999 / Alan Stone

The Pacifica Struggle Continues The Pacifica Struggle Continues

Oakland, Calif.

Aug 19, 1999 / Marc Cooper and Our Readers

Saving History From the Shredder Saving History From the Shredder

They call him "the world's most famous bank guard": Christoph Meili, the former night watchman at the Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich who in 1997 rescued from the shredder do...

Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Reality Check–Virtual, of Course Reality Check–Virtual, of Course

A perplexing disconnect from reality haunts the American financial community.

Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Larry Hedrick

Living La Vida ‘Loca’ Living La Vida ‘Loca’

Few Latino writers have challenged homophobia and machismo as fiercely as Jaime Manrique.

Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano

Not for Me Not for Me

I think I'd rather not belong At this point to the Falun Gong. The exercises don't look easy, And doing them might make me queasy

Aug 5, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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