Civil Society Civil Society
"Why do you care so much?" said a white friend to me during a debate about suspect profiling. "Don't take it so personally--the police aren't after you in the black middle class.
Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
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 Spies Who Fleeced Us The Spies Who Fleeced Us
It's always suspicious when Washingtonians start breaking into bad Latin. There may be a quid, you hear them say, and there seems to be a quo.
Jun 24, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
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
Racial Ventriloquism Racial Ventriloquism
I know I'm not supposed to read too much into a movie like Episode I: The Phantom Menace, but when you're living with a 6-year-old whose entire generation role-plays and reiterat...
Jun 17, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
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
Depression Confession Depression Confession
How will we know when women have achieved equality? Male politicians will all be bachelors.
Jun 10, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
If Slobo, Why Not Bill? If Slobo, Why Not Bill?
I'm no fan of the International Criminal Tribunal, for the reasons Doug Lummis outlined in these pages on September 26, 1994, concluding reasonably enough that such a tribunal w...
Jun 3, 1999 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
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
Media Matters Media Matters
"Politics and language," explains the dust jacket on the latest edition of Safire's New Political Dictionary, are "William Safire's two great and abiding interests." True, but to...
Jun 3, 1999 / Column / David Sarasohn