Not for Me Not for Me
I think I'd rather not belong
At this point to the Falun Gong.
The exercises don't look easy,
And doing them might make me queasy
Aug 5, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush’s Death Watch Bush’s Death Watch
In rather the same way as new movies are now "reviewed" in terms of their first weekend gross, new candidates have become subject to evaluation by the dimensions of their "war ch...
Aug 5, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate
The single-payer system, it was said,
Has faults that go beyond the fact it's Red:
If any faceless bureaucrat decreed
That surgery the doctor says you need
Jul 22, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pricks Up Your Ears Pricks Up Your Ears
In the August 9/16 issue of The Nation, Alexander Cockburn discusses Pacifica's alleged plans to use "scab" programming. KPFK General Manager Mark Schubb has told The Nation that h...
Jul 22, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Wreck of the Primary Campaign The Wreck of the Primary Campaign
(A Republican Sea Chantey)
Jul 8, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Natural Born Killers Natural Born Killers
It didn't take long for the press to connect 21-year-old white-supremacist multikiller Benjamin Smith with the all-purpose explanation du jour: violent entertainment, in this ca...
Jul 8, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell
If Webster Hubbell
Is out of trouble,
The end for Starr
Cannot be far.
We hope these guys
Live peaceful lives
With little fuss--
Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Media Matters Media Matters
A new bride returns from a romantic honeymoon and opens a locked door in the family home, only to discover the mutilated corpses of her husband's six ex-wives.
Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Tara Zahra
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