Rushdie as Orpheus, on Guitar Rushdie as Orpheus, on Guitar

From the Satanic Versifier, more love and more death, with a song in his heart.

Apr 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

NATO: At 50, It’s Time to Quit NATO: At 50, It’s Time to Quit

The war against Serbia is the Banquo's ghost of NATO's fiftieth-anniversary celebration in Washington.

Apr 21, 1999 / Feature / Benjamin Schwarz and Christopher Layne

The Way of All Flesh The Way of All Flesh

Hark! The squeal of the two-headed amphibian. Mating season must have begun.

Apr 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Trials of the Millennium The Trials of the Millennium

As New York City braces itself for the trials of two sets of police officers accused in the injury of Abner Louima and the death of Amadou Diallo, perhaps it's time to cull a lis...

Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Battle Hymn Battle Hymn

We're bombing you back to the Stone Age, Slobo,
To teach you that you must behave.
When all of our bombing is finished, Slobo,

Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ethnic Poisoning Ethnic Poisoning

In the very first days of Kosovo's drama of the dispossessed--a calculated atrocity that Slobodan Milosevic probably thinks of as his "exodus strategy"--the most amazing mantra ...

Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Accountant of Death Accountant of Death

After we admit that all historical circumstances are specific and all sufferings absolute--that Serbian "police" are not Nazis and ethnic Albanians not Jews (and NATO forces can...

Apr 15, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Nationalism Unleashed Nationalism Unleashed

We Hungarians entered NATO on March 12.

Apr 15, 1999 / George Konrad

France’s Philosophe Impolitique France’s Philosophe Impolitique

Recent French philosophy has been most passionately loved and hated for its militant radicalism.

Apr 15, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Richard Shusterman

Voucher Veto Voucher Veto

In an effort to find common political ground on the vexing issue of public school reform, The Nation passes on to its readers a set of provocative proposals from Ron K.