Mitterrand’s Legacy Mitterrand’s Legacy
François Mitterrand badly wanted to leave a mark, an imprint.
Feb 24, 1999 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Hope in a Cold Climate Hope in a Cold Climate
"It's not a revolt, Sire, or a revolution; it's the beginning of the end of the reign of big business, of capital, over the minds of the people," a courtier might have told Jacqu...
Feb 24, 1999 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Clinton’s Choice Clinton’s Choice
With the impeachment slogfest over, Congressional Democrats, particularly the liberals, once again face the ever-aggravating matter of their thorny relationship with President C...
Feb 18, 1999 / Editorial / David Corn
Affirmative Racism Affirmative Racism
Students across the country are gearing up to defend affirmative action on a national day of protest on February 24.
Feb 18, 1999 / Editorial / Laura Flanders
Hillary for Veep? Hillary for Veep?
It is, depending on one's perspective, a delicious and redemptive scenario, a terrible nightmare or, if you are the escapist sort that hasn't yet cottoned to the hard reality of...
Feb 18, 1999 / Editorial / Elaine Lafferty
When Cops Are Killers When Cops Are Killers
"Justice for Amadou Diallo!" has been the rallying cry throughout New York since four police officers gunned down the unarmed West African immigrant as he stood outside his apartme...
Feb 18, 1999 / Editorial / Angela Ards
Policing Cyberspace Policing Cyberspace
Free speech, Oliver Wendell Holmes famously declared, ought not to extend to falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater. But what are the limits on shouting across the wide-open...
Feb 11, 1999 / Editorial / The Editors
No Exit No Exit
The week started with bipartisan babble about the need for an exit strategy.
Feb 11, 1999 / Editorial / The Editors
Going for the Gunmakers Going for the Gunmakers
A short walk from my home in New Haven stands the farm of that prototypical Connecticut Yankee, Eli Whitney. In 1798 Whitney hit on a bold new scheme: interchangeable parts for...
Feb 4, 1999 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Sextuple Jeopardy Sextuple Jeopardy
In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu draws a distinction that is useful in thinking about the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
Feb 4, 1999 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell