Politics

It’s Much Too Absurd to Be Real, So Let’s Make ‘Star Wars’ a Game It’s Much Too Absurd to Be Real, So Let’s Make ‘Star Wars’ a Game

Te Bush Administration is looking to revive Reagan's Star Wars system, but why not resurrect something better from his legacy?

Feb 13, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

The McCain Insurgency The McCain Insurgency

Every presidential contest in the past two decades has produced something of a quasi populist--a mad-as-hell candidate of the left, right or center who runs against the establish...

Feb 10, 2000 / David Corn

Farewell, Gary Bauer Farewell, Gary Bauer

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Farewell, adieu to Gary Bauer.
We never thought that you'd be our
Next President. Too small. Too sour.
The countryside we'd have to scour

Feb 10, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Morning After in NH Morning After in NH

It was the last question at the last New Hampshire town meeting for Bill Bradley.

Feb 3, 2000 / David Corn

The Beat The Beat

The Beat

Sea Turtles Redux?

Feb 3, 2000 / John Nichols

Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was

The Orrin Hatch campaign is done--
Kaput at last, without a doubt.
And now, perhaps, could someone please
Explain what that was all about?

Feb 3, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Justice for Bernard Baran Justice for Bernard Baran

On January 30, 1985, 19-year-old Bernard Baran was convicted of molesting five 3-, 4- and 5-year-old boys and girls at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) in Pittsfield...

Feb 3, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide

George W. Bush has a sweet appealing face until he reveals his dark side, as when he, in one of his first official acts, cut off funds to international population control groups....

Jan 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

WTO: Workers of the World United? WTO: Workers of the World United?

San Francisco

In his December 20 "Beat the Devil" column, "Trade Wars, Trade Truths," Alexander Cockburn got it exactly

Jan 27, 2000 / Alexander Cockburn and Our Readers

Rebel Yell Rebel Yell

The recent march in South Carolina, demanding the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol is the latest episode in a long-running debate over the legacy of slavery.&...

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

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