A Word of Sympathy for Candidates Who Did Not Do Well in the Ames Voting A Word of Sympathy for Candidates Who Did Not Do Well in the Ames Voting
It really would stick in the craw To find that you had to withdraw From such a big race For not keeping pace In a poll that was nothing but straw.
Aug 19, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate
The single-payer system, it was said, Has faults that go beyond the fact it's Red: If any faceless bureaucrat decreed That surgery the doctor says you need
Jul 22, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Wreck of the Primary Campaign The Wreck of the Primary Campaign
(A Republican Sea Chantey)
Jul 8, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell
If Webster Hubbell Is out of trouble, The end for Starr Cannot be far. We hope these guys Live peaceful lives With little fuss--
Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Advise and Consent Advise and Consent
So Holbrooke says he's sorry, though for what is not quite clear. And Helms now says that Dick will get the post. An envoy must do many deeds to forge a bright career.
Jun 24, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates
Completely confident, they know that--fair And square, on issues--they'll defeat George Bush. But still, where is that famous picture where
Jun 17, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Progress in the Kosovo Talks Progress in the Kosovo Talks
Could settlement and peace both come before Young Bush finds a position on the war?
Jun 10, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Wall Street Analysts Do a Cautious Reassessment of Technology Offerings Wall Street Analysts Do a Cautious Reassessment of Technology Offerings
Perhaps one shouldn't simply glom On any stock that ends ".com"-- Except it's hard to tell just which Of them will make you filthy rich.
Jun 3, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate
When guns became the issue of the day, Republicans, as is their custom, put Their party right behind the NRA, And shot themselves quite badly in the foot.
May 27, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin