Reelpolitics Reelpolitics
Cinematic activism is enjoying a comeback.
Mar 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Alissa Quart
SAT–A Failing Test SAT–A Failing Test
Educators have long known the rap sheet on the SAT, the college entrance exam that millions of young people have taken as a rite of passage for some seventy-five years. Since its ...
Mar 15, 2001 / Peter Sacks
On the White House Dress Code On the White House Dress Code
The President's demanding proper dress-- A tie, a coat, a shine on shoes or boots. Some citizens may find this a relief: We've now returned to government by suits.
Mar 15, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Will Jodie Whitewash Leni? Will Jodie Whitewash Leni?
Hitler's filmmaker is Foster's fixation.
Mar 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wallace
Middle East Peace Talk Middle East Peace Talk
Ariel Sharon's election as Israeli Prime Minister insures a prolonged pause in progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace. While awaiting his successor, politicians and commentator...
Mar 15, 2001 / John V. Whitbeck
Our Mobsters, Ourselves Our Mobsters, Ourselves
Why The Sopranos is therapeutic TV.
Mar 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ellen Willis
Three Gentlemen of Venona Three Gentlemen of Venona
Three Gentlemen of Venona San Francisco While Stephen Schwartz does a good job of tearing apart the Venona book by Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, he praises the...
Mar 15, 2001 / Stephen Schwartz, Morton Sobell, and John Lowenthal
Mangler-in-Chief Mangler-in-Chief
Last month, the Boston Globe broke the amazing news that President George W. Bush is rapidly becoming the Pericles of modern politics.
Mar 13, 2001 / Ken Silverstein
When Ignorance Is Bliss When Ignorance Is Bliss
I have eaten more than my share of Whoppers in my forty-one years. As a teenager I liked them so much I'd worry about whether I could afford another one while still eating the fi...
Mar 8, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Are Spies For? What Are Spies For?
The air now quivers with gloomy assessments of the secrets "compromised" by the FBI's Robert Hanssen, a senior official who stands accused of working for the Russians since 1985....
Mar 8, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn