Ending Timor’s Ordeal Ending Timor’s Ordeal
Indonesia's scorched-earth compliance with international pressure on East Timor has left Dili, the capital, in ruins, displaced some 100,000 people to refugee camps under the con...
Sep 16, 1999 / The Editors
Robbing Russia Robbing Russia
Finally, the rampant corruption at the core of Russia's post-Communist transformation is front-page news.
Sep 16, 1999 / The Editors
CBS-Viacom Nuptials CBS-Viacom Nuptials
An abbreviated version of this article appeared in the October 4, 1999 issue.
Sep 16, 1999 / Mark Crispin Miller
East Timor’s Agony East Timor’s Agony
With Dili burning and anti-independence militias carrying on a murderous terror campaign beneath the noses of Indonesian soldiers and police, the United Nations prepared to evac...
Sep 9, 1999 / The Editors
US Complicity in Timor US Complicity in Timor
While the Indonesian military's thugs continue their rampage in East Timor, most foreign reporters have fled the country.
Sep 9, 1999 / Allan Nairn
Beyond the Drug War Beyond the Drug War
Most of the media regard the coy refusal of George W.
Sep 2, 1999 / The Editors
Holbrooke’s Time to Lead Holbrooke’s Time to Lead
In assuming his position at the United Nations, ambassador Richard Holbrooke brings his personal access to power, a sharp intelligence and a capacity, unusual in government, to t...
Sep 2, 1999 / The Editors
Buchanan Breaks Ranks Buchanan Breaks Ranks
In Washington, a city in which (to borrow a phrase from Virginia Woolf) all is gossip, corruption and chatter, the end-of-summer buzz has been about Pat Buchanan and whether he'll ...
Sep 2, 1999 / Doug Ireland and Micah L. Sifry
Burned by Waco Burned by Waco
On July 26 I sat for almost fourteen hours in a hearing room waiting to testify before Congress on the tragedy at Waco, and watched a dismal performance.
Aug 28, 1999 / Alan Stone
Will Bulworth Run? Will Bulworth Run?
Run, Warren, run? The latest made-for-buzz wrinkle in the 2000 presidential campaign is that actor Warren Beatty is considering a rewrite that would put him into the action.
Aug 19, 1999 / The Editors