Another Course in Kosovo Another Course in Kosovo
There are principled differences within the progressive community about the war in Yugoslavia, including the use of ground troops.
May 27, 1999 / Kai Bird
Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate
When guns became the issue of the day,
Republicans, as is their custom, put
Their party right behind the NRA,
And shot themselves quite badly in the foot.
May 27, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale
You're 19, single, on welfare. You breast-feed your baby because you know breast is best. When the baby fails to gain weight, your mother says not to worry, you were even smaller...
May 27, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Tiananmen Plus Ten Tiananmen Plus Ten
On May 10, as tens of thousands of students rallied here for the third day of government-approved protests against NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, magazine edi...
May 27, 1999 / Sophie Beach
Neoliberals’ Paleomarkets Neoliberals’ Paleomarkets
In a book of interviews published a few years ago, Chronicles of Dissent, Noam Chomsky recounted a childhood incident that shaped his life.
May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Neve Gordon
Leisurely Pleasure Leisurely Pleasure
This brief essay is taken from the latest book by Amos Oz, The Story Begins: Essays on Literature (Harcourt Brace).
May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Amos Oz
Port Huron Piffle Port Huron Piffle
Tom Hayden's editorial essay ["The Liberals' Folly," May 24] was an offense to reason and an offense to principle. Why don't I begin with the principle?
May 27, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Rolling Thunder: the Rerun Rolling Thunder: the Rerun
People concerned about the US-led NATO war against Yugoslavia find much to reflect upon in the Vietnam experience.
May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George Kenney
Oppose a Wider War Oppose a Wider War
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright now reportedly endorses sending NATO troops into a "nonpermissive environment," a chilly euphemism for wreaking new havoc on the Balkans and...
May 27, 1999 / The Editors