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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

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

Ford and the Führer Ford and the Führer

Research assistance provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Jan 6, 2000 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

The ‘Single Standard’ in Kosovo The ‘Single Standard’ in Kosovo

Cambridge, Mass.

Dec 15, 1999 / Christopher Hitchens and Noam Chomsky

(AP Photo / John Duricka, File)

John McCain’s Vietnam John McCain’s Vietnam

Though he suffered as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he seems blind to the suffering inflicted on that nation by America's brutal and misguided war.

Dec 15, 1999 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

The Battle Beyond Seattle The Battle Beyond Seattle

A little broken glass in the streets of Seattle has transformed the World Trade Organization into a popular icon for the unregulated globalization that tramples human values on e...

Dec 9, 1999 / William Greider

Democracy Bites the WTO Democracy Bites the WTO

Seattle was indeed a milestone for a new kind of politics. 

Dec 9, 1999 / The Editors

Report From the Front Report From the Front

It is incredible here.

Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Stephanie Greenwood

Kosovo: On Ends and Means Kosovo: On Ends and Means

The spectacle of human beings acting out mindless violence through pack behavior instills more terror in the heart than perhaps any other event in the natural world.

Dec 9, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George Kenney

Waging War in Space Waging War in Space

"Master of Space"--a motto of the United States Space Command, a joint Air Force, Army and Navy command set up by the Pentagon in 1985--says it all.

Dec 9, 1999 / Karl Grossman and Judith Long

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