Ragtime, My Time Ragtime, My Time
As the youngest of five girls and two boys growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, I was raised to believe that if I worked hard, was a good person and always told the truth, the world w...
Sep 23, 1999 / Feature / Alton Fitzgerald White
The Journal’s Russia Scandal The Journal’s Russia Scandal
Just before Christmas in 1997, as a tumultuous stock-market crisis ravaged emerging markets in every corner of the globe, readers of the Wall Street Journal were treated to some ...
Sep 16, 1999 / Feature / Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames
Laundering Yeltsin Laundering Yeltsin
The Russian Foreign Minister says it's an American plot to keep Russia weak. The head of the KGB-successor agency offers that same conviction in a formal briefing to President Bo...
Sep 16, 1999 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Students for Sale Students for Sale
Research support was provided by the Open Society Institute and the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Sep 9, 1999 / Feature / Steven Manning
A Haunted Journey A Haunted Journey
Poland’s Jewish community inspired Jewish life the world over. Now it is dead.
Sep 9, 1999 / Feature / Daniel Singer
It’s Time for Realism It’s Time for Realism
Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: reponses by Peter Kornbluh, Mike Gray and Elliott Currie--and Massing's concluding thoughts.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Michael Massing
Life of a Scandal Life of a Scandal
In mid-October 1996, two months after the publication of Gary Webb's series "Dark Alliance" in the San Jose Mercury News, an extraordinary town meeting took place in Compton, Cal...
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Perils of Prohibition Perils of Prohibition
Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: the original article by Michael Massing, and reponses by Peter Kornbluh and Elliott Currie--and Massing's concluding though...
Yes, Treatment, But… Yes, Treatment, But…
Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: the original article by Michael Massing, and reponses by Peter Kornbluh andMike Gray--and Massing's concluding thoughts.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Elliott Currie
Response Response
I’m encouraged to see how much common ground there is between my colleagues and me. But some key differences remain. Peter Kornbluh contends that the distorting effect of all those…
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Michael Massing