The Beat The Beat
AGAINST FORGETTING George W. Bush's inauguration went less smoothly than the GOP would have liked, as thousands of activists filled the streets of Washington to protest Bush's disp...
Jan 26, 2001 / Column / John Nichols
Adieu (Sort of) to Bill Clinton Adieu (Sort of) to Bill Clinton
We'd say goodbye to Clinton, Bill, Who always was a rascal, still Accomplished much, before he tripped (He couldn't keep his trousers zipped) And after, too. His gifts were g...
Jan 26, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
California’s Deregulation Disaster California’s Deregulation Disaster
Greed led to miscalculation, which led to brownouts and soaring rates.
Jan 26, 2001 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman
GE Brings Bad Things to Life GE Brings Bad Things to Life
For downsized workers in Bloomington, it's time to start thinking globally.
Jan 26, 2001 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski
Which Way W.? Which Way W.?
As the proverbial curtain rises on the Bush era in national politics, it's hard to know just how pessimistic progressives should be about the new President's aims and intentions....
Jan 26, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
From San Juan Hill to Chengue From San Juan Hill to Chengue
He had a busy finale, didn't he, primarily saving his own hide and issuing pardons: eeny meeny miny mo, Marc Rich yes, Leonard Peltier no. In Rolling Stone he called for an end t...
Jan 26, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Coming of Age in the NSA Coming of Age in the NSA
Coming of Age in the NSA Katonah, N.Y. David Price's "Anthropologists as Spies" [Nov. 20] is a timely and important article because historians of anthropolo...
Jan 26, 2001 / Our Readers
Democrats Play Softball Democrats Play Softball
On Day Two of the John Ashcroft hearings, Senator Pat Leahy--the Democrat temporarily chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee--asked George W. Bush's would-be Attorney General if...
Jan 26, 2001 / David Corn
DU in the Balkans DU in the Balkans
Like much of the Western involvement in the former Yugoslavia, the intense and often heated debate in NATO over the possible ill effects of depleted-uranium ammunition largely ign...
Jan 26, 2001 / Feature / Dusko Doder
Letter From Bosnia Letter From Bosnia
Bosnia is an example of what is not working.
Jan 26, 2001 / Feature / Dusko Doder