On Olympic Bribery On Olympic Bribery
'Twas said the honest folks of Salt Lake City Deplored sins large and even itty-bitty. But, trying for the Games, they thought it pretty
Jan 28, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Cold War Over the Cold War? A Cold War Over the Cold War?
Yale University Press's Annals of Communism series, begun in 1995, is among the most ambitious and influential scholarly undertakings to address the historical role of Communi...
Jan 28, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
Justice Over-Decorated Is Justice Denied Justice Over-Decorated Is Justice Denied
Chief Justice Rehnquist now presides. He rules the chamber that decides If Clinton should remain or go. This role's important, that we know.
Jan 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Friends, Romans, Countrymen Friends, Romans, Countrymen
The networks are busy interviewing everyone with a law degree about what to expect from the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
Jan 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
One Lesson of the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton One Lesson of the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton
The middle names we have are, as a rule, Obscure, pretentious, odd or just not cool. So someone named John Bloomingblaise McGill
Jan 14, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The People vs. Larry Flynt? The People vs. Larry Flynt?
I didn't realize how much I was counting on Larry Flynt until I noticed I had spent Monday evening trying to find on the Web or TV a report of the much-anticipated news conf...
Jan 14, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
McCain McCain
So now comes forward John McCain, A high-tech version of Gawain When with his steed, a Navy plane. He says he's forming his campaign
Jan 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Inaugurals Inaugurals
Twenty-six years ago, when the world was young, Jerry Brown began his reign in Sacramento and, even though I wrote some rude things about him at the time, life was certainly ...
Jan 7, 1999 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division
In every century, it seems, The Constitution's put to test. Important questions must be asked, And ours is, "Did he touch her breast?"
Dec 24, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Breakthrough in Biology Breakthrough in Biology
They now know how To clone a cow. The corollary Is pretty scary.
Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin