Articles
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February 4, 1999
Liberal Pilgrim’s Progress
Time magazine once diagnosed newspaper columnist, author, professor-at-large and Hugh Hefner sidekick Max Lerner (190292) as suffering from a “crush on America.” Seven
Carlin Romano
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February 4, 1999
LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters
What happens to a leading Marxist writer after he gets a MacArthur genius grant, a Getty Fellowship, and his new book hits number one on the nonfiction bestseller list?
Jon Wiener
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February 4, 1999
Going for the Gunmakers
A short walk from my home in New Haven stands the farm of that prototypical Connecticut Yankee, Eli Whitney. In 1798 Whitney hit on a bold new scheme: interchangeable parts for muskets.
Bruce Shapiro
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February 4, 1999
Ellington Hits 100
On the eve of the New York premiere of his Symphony No.
Albert Murray
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February 1, 1999
A Global Green Deal
Government can do a lot to save the planet, from altering tax policies to aiding nascent industries. The money is there; all it takes now is the will.
Mark Hertsgaard
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January 30, 1999
The Great Pumpkin
Some years ago, after I had completed a biography of the radical writer Josephine Herbst, I gave serious thought to writing a biography of Whittaker Chambers.
Elinor Langer
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January 28, 1999
Theme Wars 2000
It was yet another Washington confab where Democrats gathered in a hotel to ponder their prospects.
David Corn
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January 28, 1999
The Cost of an Afghan ‘Victory’
Ten years ago, on February 15, 1989, as the last of the 115,000 Soviet soldiers crossed over from Afghanistan into Soviet Tajikistan, there was quiet celebration in Washington as well
Dilip Hiro
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January 28, 1999
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January 28, 1999
Revenge of the Pod People
Nobody asked me to spend my weekend watching movies about alien invasions–so for all I know, I might have been acting on promptings from an otherworldly force.
Stuart Klawans