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
Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong
A glance back to 1964 shows that predictions are always wrong and always political--and that the left's possibilities may be greater than they seem.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
The Doctor Killers The Doctor Killers
The arrest in France of James Kopp, the accused assassin of Buffalo obstetrician Barnett Slepian, could not have come at a more awkward time for the Bush Administration. Bush inau...
Apr 5, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Making the Case in Albany Making the Case in Albany
While most of the 1,500 people who traveled to Albany from all over New York State last Tuesday endured freezing winds outside the legislature to tell stories of families torn ...
The Times v. Moyers The Times v. Moyers
On March 26, PBS carried something that has become increasingly rare in our media-besotted land: genuine journalism. The program was an explosive investigation by Bill Moyers and ...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
Here Come the Judges Here Come the Judges
All signs point to an all-out drive by the Bush Administration to slot judicial conservatives into the eighty-nine current vacancies on the federal bench. The recent to-do about e...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
The French Act Up The French Act Up
The election this March of an openly gay Mayor of Paris--the Socialist Bertrand Delanoë--would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. That's one reason the American edit...
Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Doug Ireland
Times Letters Unfit to Print Times Letters Unfit to Print
Praising its coverage, not criticizing it, is the best route to getting published.
Mar 30, 2001 / Feature / Michael Massing
This Warning May Be Hazardous to Your Health This Warning May Be Hazardous to Your Health
A woman two months pregnant goes to see her Ob-Gyn for prenatal care. As required by law, her doctor informs her that her condition places her at greater risk for a wide range of...
Mar 30, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
He Has a Dream He Has a Dream
The grand ambition of the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Mar 30, 2001 / Feature / Scott Sherman