The Beat The Beat
SENATE SHUFFLE It was a remarkably different Senate that convened following Vermonter Jim Jeffords's switch from Republican to Independent status. The Jeffords jump did more than ...
Jun 21, 2001 / Column / John Nichols
Forward to the Past Forward to the Past
Most of the time I think of gay rights, women's emancipation and the decline of male dominance as irreversible historical processes, blah blah, driven as they are by powerful mat...
Jun 21, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Former Fraternity President Deals With the Nuclear Proliferation Issue A Former Fraternity President Deals With the Nuclear Proliferation Issue
Though Bush intends to drop the missile treaty, He's happy that this Putin guy's so neat, he Will prove to be the nicest sort of Roosky. So just relax, and crack yourself a br...
Jun 21, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘Dead Again’ ‘Dead Again’
Christ killing has been back in the news. It seems that my ancestors are once again catching hell for their alleged betrayal of God's son, this time from fundamentalist Christian...
Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Meet the Men Who Rule the World Meet the Men Who Rule the World
Where's the fashionable rendezvous for the World Secret Government? In the good old days when the Illuminati had a firm grip on things, it was wherever the Bilderbergers decided ...
Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Post-Jeffords Slippery Slope in the Senate Post-Jeffords Slippery Slope in the Senate
If Georgia's Miller did decide
He's really on the other side,
The Democrats might then connive
To make Strom prove he's still alive.
Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
No Vengeance, No Justice No Vengeance, No Justice
Now that Timothy McVeigh has been executed, I suppose we're all supposed to stop talking about it--to "enjoy closure," a bit like the election. But McVeigh's execution wa...
Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Fugitive The Fugitive
It was, take it for all in all, a near-faultless headline: HENRY KISSINGER RATTRAPÉ AU RITZ, À PARIS, PAR LES FANTÔMES DU PLAN CONDOR. I especially liked the ...
Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Mad Bad Ads Mad Bad Ads
Memo to editors of campus papers: When the next right-wing ideologue shows up with an ad full of nonsense, just take the money and print it. That way, they will not be able to po...
Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Republicans and John McCain The Republicans and John McCain
They thought that Jeffords was their bane, But now they see that John McCain, Who shrugs off efforts to restrain His longtime love of speaking plain, And likes to jerk George...
Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin