Saddam the Phoenix Saddam the Phoenix
Thanks principally to the reports of Barton Gellman in the Washington Post since last October, we know that US intelligence services fatally misused the United Nations Special C...
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dilip Hiro
The Guns of Littleton The Guns of Littleton
Dylan Klebold "is intelligent enough to make any dream a reality," a juvenile court counselor wrote last year.
Apr 29, 1999 / Bruce Shapiro
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
Whose Pacifica? Whose Pacifica?
There's a scene in The Godfather when Clemenza, anticipating the outbreak of a full-scale war between the families, nonchalantly remarks to young Mikey Corleone: "This thing's go...
Apr 21, 1999 / Marc Cooper
Hawks, Doves & Ducks Hawks, Doves & Ducks
As NATO was beginning its fourth week of not-yet-successful persuasion bombing, several progressive members of the House gathered privately to hash out their views of President C...
Apr 21, 1999 / David Corn
Wherefore Al Gore? Wherefore Al Gore?
They're asking now, "Wherefore Al Gore?"
They're thinking now, "Should we explore
A few alternatives before
We find too late we've bet the store
Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Preventive Diplomacy Preventive Diplomacy
The US/NATO war in Kosovo marks a dramatic shift in the contours of global politics and domestic foreign policy discussions that is likely to have ramifications for years to come...
Apr 21, 1999 / Feature / William D. Hartung
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