Infinite Jest Infinite Jest
Dave Eggers's memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, has been a bit too loudly hyped as an ironic tearjerker, and a media juggernaut has branded its author a tragic h...
Mar 2, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Elise Harris
On Leo, Gio and Tobey On Leo, Gio and Tobey
It's a sign of age: Mention 1985, and I will sometimes think you're talking about last year.
Mar 2, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
AFL-CIO Goes Global AFL-CIO Goes Global
Seattle changed many things, and one of them is American labor. Nothing lifts the spirit or one's vision like winning.
Mar 2, 2000 / William Greider
The Secret History of Lead The Secret History of Lead
Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. Follow-ups: "Amplification," June 19, 2000 and letters exchanges: "Lead--Balloons and Bouquets," Ma...
Mar 2, 2000 / Feature / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
Cemetery Road Cemetery Road
Progressives are really grasping at straws these days. First we're supposed to get excited because Ralph Nader is running for President as a Green.
Mar 2, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Court Did What Helms Couldn’t: Trashed the ADA The Court Did What Helms Couldn’t: Trashed the ADA
The rogues in robes are on the move. US Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the leader of the pack, and the rest of the Court's right-wing majority have launched a ...
Feb 27, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lennon’s MI5-FBI Files Lennon’s MI5-FBI Files
The headline in the Sunday Times of London was spectacular: Lennon Funded Terrorists and Trotskyists. It was also erroneous.
Feb 23, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
A Theological Analysis of the South Carolina Primary A Theological Analysis of the South Carolina Primary
In Kennebunk, land of the Bushes,
The men of the cloth all wore tweed.
And one didn't meet any Christians
Like Robertson, Falwell and Reed.
Feb 23, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Liberal Media, RIP The Liberal Media, RIP
"Electrifying and oh-so vital." If that sounds like model Melania Knauss testifying about the sexual prowess of her former boyfriend, Donald Trump, guess again. It's the sound of...
Feb 23, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman