Many a US President Pays the Pardon Piper Many a US President Pays the Pardon Piper
The media coverage of the Clinton pardons has been so biased, overblown and vituperative as to call into question the very purpose of what currently passes as journalism. It is d...
Mar 6, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Cemetery Road Cemetery Road
Progressives are really grasping at straws these days. First we're supposed to get excited because Ralph Nader is running for President as a Green.
Mar 2, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Bush Family Conversations on Retaking the White House Bush Family Conversations on Retaking the White House
The first son seemed anointed, then The tide began to ebb. Did anybody ever ask, "So could we bring in Jeb?"
Mar 2, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Court Did What Helms Couldn’t: Trashed the ADA The Court Did What Helms Couldn’t: Trashed the ADA
The rogues in robes are on the move. US Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the leader of the pack, and the rest of the Court's right-wing majority have launched a ...
Feb 27, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Theological Analysis of the South Carolina Primary A Theological Analysis of the South Carolina Primary
In Kennebunk, land of the Bushes, The men of the cloth all wore tweed. And one didn't meet any Christians Like Robertson, Falwell and Reed.
Feb 23, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Liberal Media, RIP The Liberal Media, RIP
"Electrifying and oh-so vital." If that sounds like model Melania Knauss testifying about the sexual prowess of her former boyfriend, Donald Trump, guess again. It's the sound of...
Feb 23, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Moderate Wouldn’t Make Appointments Like These A Moderate Wouldn’t Make Appointments Like These
It may be legal, but it's still a coup d'état. The nomination of Theodore B. Olson to be solicitor general, a position of such influence that it is often referred to as "t...
Feb 20, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Farewell, Steve Forbes Farewell, Steve Forbes
We mutter adieu now to Steve, Who finally decided to leave. We thought he might never be done With buying his place in the sun.
Feb 16, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
Farewell, Gary Bauer Farewell, Gary Bauer
x 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