The Beat The Beat
TICKED-OFF TEACHERS Washington State teachers got a bitter civics lesson this spring, as legislators refused to implement fully plans to reduce class sizes and increase pay for t...
May 10, 2001 / Column / John Nichols
Without Fear, Favor or Ombudsman Without Fear, Favor or Ombudsman
The New York Times could benefit from having an in-house arbitrator.
May 3, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Hate-Crimes Follies Hate-Crimes Follies
Charging people with a "hate crime" when their crime is essentially some type of assault is a troubling trend.
May 3, 2001 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Stochastic Aptitude Test The Stochastic Aptitude Test
A parody of Gone With the Wind has run into legal trouble: too revealing of the real nature of slavery?
May 3, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Covenant With Death Covenant With Death
The death penalty needs to be thought through by liberals, and its acceptance or rejection cannot be á la carte.
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Childcare Scare Childcare Scare
Studies on the effects of childcare on the young are colored by researchers' views about educated women who go to work.
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Will China Deign to Give Us Back Our Plane? Will China Deign to Give Us Back Our Plane?
(With apologies to Alan Jay Lerner) Will China deign to give us back our plane? We know they've got it. Will China deign to give us back our plane? For sure, they've got it. It goes against our grain To explain. It's a pain. And yet they still retain Our plane. Our plane! Will China deign to give us back our plane? Will China deign to give us back our plane? What more can they obtain That's germane from our plane? In vain do we complain. It's plain insane! Their government is truly inhumane, So should we bomb them into beef chow mein?
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Lie to the Media, Get a Job Lie to the Media, Get a Job
Perhaps I underestimate the joy of being given a silly nickname by the Leader of the Free World, but I'm having a hard time understanding why media big feet are so taken by the n...
Apr 19, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Justice Scotched in Lockerbie Trial Justice Scotched in Lockerbie Trial
There's a famous passage in Lord Cockburn's Memorials of His Time where the great Scotch judge and leading Whig stigmatizes some of his Tory predecessors on the bench, including ...
Apr 19, 2001 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Beat The Beat
THE RIGHT 'CHOICE' In the first statewide race since the presidential election, Wisconsin voters gave George W. Bush's education program a failing grade. They overwhelmingly reject...
Apr 19, 2001 / Column / John Nichols