Shrub Flubs His Dub Shrub Flubs His Dub
Austin Oh, sure, blame it on Texas. It's all our fault Jim Jeffords walked. Many, many people in Washington are assuming "the Texans" in the White House are responsible ...
May 31, 2001 / Molly Ivins
Russia–Scamming the System Russia–Scamming the System
Thefts from other countries pale in relation to the looting of Russia, with the indispensable assistance of the "Offshornaya Zona." The 1995 "loans for shares" scheme transferred ...
May 31, 2001 / Feature / Lucy Komisar
Taking (Back) the Initiative Taking (Back) the Initiative
An activist think tank is fighting the right at the ballot box--and winning.
May 31, 2001 / Feature / David Sarasohn
The Battle of Algiers The Battle of Algiers
A new memoir stirs long-suppressed memories of the “war without a name.”
May 31, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz
Independents’ Day Independents’ Day
It's fitting that the first senator to become an independent in more than thirty years hails from Vermont, the state with the most advanced independent politics in the nation. Ver...
May 31, 2001 / Micah L. Sifry
The Vandals Repeat Did Not Take the Handles The Vandals Repeat Did Not Take the Handles
Wonder why it took ex-Republican Jim Jeffords to alert the national media to the fact that the Bush Administration is run out of the extremist end of the GOP? Writing from inside...
May 31, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
On the Gradual End of the Estate Tax On the Gradual End of the Estate Tax
For years, estates of wealthy men were taxed--
The sort of thing that spoils a nice goodbye.
The tax will disappear by 2010.
And then the rich will find it safe to die.
May 31, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Red Star Over Romania Red Star Over Romania
When, at 13, my rebellious move toward the left coincided with the emerging cold war, a teasing Bronx cousin took to calling me "Ana Pauker." Some boys in my school in the heart o...
May 31, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Susan Brownmiller
Bosco’s Big! Best! Believe It or Not! Bosco’s Big! Best! Believe It or Not!
Bosco, a black labrador retriever owned by Tim Stillman of Sunol, a small community near San Francisco, has been Mayor there for over eight years--after getting more votes than t...
May 31, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Godard and Company Godard and Company
It was the first Cannes Film Festival of the new century, but it felt more like an end than a beginning, as the past returned, in film after film, with weight and insistency. This...
May 31, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Camhi