Middle East Peace Talk Middle East Peace Talk
Ariel Sharon's election as Israeli Prime Minister insures a prolonged pause in progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace. While awaiting his successor, politicians and commentator...
Mar 15, 2001 / Editorial / John V. Whitbeck
Mangler-in-Chief Mangler-in-Chief
Last month, the Boston Globe broke the amazing news that President George W. Bush is rapidly becoming the Pericles of modern politics.
Mar 13, 2001 / Editorial / Ken Silverstein
Name the President! Name the President!
There were so many brilliant entries to our Name the President Contest that our judges were hard pressed to choose the winning five. (Up to the February 19 deadline the count was ...
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Our Presidential Libraries Our Presidential Libraries
Allegations that President Clinton pardoned Marc Rich partly in return for donations to his presidential library have raised questions about the value of such institutions and the...
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / Robert Dallek
Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective
We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job....
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Kodak’s Nazi Connections Kodak’s Nazi Connections
New information recently uncovered at the National Archives reveals that subsidiaries of the Eastman Kodak company traded with Nazi Germany long after America had entered the war....
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / John S. Friedman
In Fact… In Fact…
PAYBACK AND ROLLBACK TIME FOR LABOR It's grimly appropriate that the legislative weapon Senate Republicans (joined by six anti-labor Democrats) used to kill OSHA's ergonomics regu...
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
An Out-of-Control Court An Out-of-Control Court
Unchastened by the widespread denunciation of their election decisions, the Supreme Court's conservative bloc seems determined to continue using its one-vote majority to ram throu...
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / Herman Schwartz
Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective
We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job.
Mar 6, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Charity for All Charity for All
President George W. Bush's effort to repeal the estate tax has revealed contradictions in the nonprofit sector and confusion about what it values and where it stands.
Mar 6, 2001 / Editorial / Mark Rosenman