The Osservanza Master The Osservanza Master
In later paintings-- a Brueghel, a Dali-- a hill could also be a breast grazed by clouds, the breast of a woman lying on her back facing heaven. But in this pa...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Yerra Sugarman
Lessons Drawn From the Marc Rich Pardon Lessons Drawn From the Marc Rich Pardon
As proven by this pardon,
Two facts of life prevail:
The rich have got the money
And everything's for sale.
Feb 1, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Waiting for Sharon Waiting for Sharon
Among Palestinians in the occupied territories, the prospect that Ariel Sharon will be Israel's next prime minister is met with a shrug of the shoulders. The indifference is not ...
Feb 1, 2001 / Graham Usher
Winning Politics Winning Politics
The elections of 2000--resulting in the election of George W. Bush to the presidency, a historic 50-50 split in the Senate and a reduced Republican margin in the House--have supp...
Feb 1, 2001 / Paul Wellstone
Freedom From Religion Freedom From Religion
What's at stake in faith-based politics
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Ellen Willis
Letters Letters
THE TIANANMEN PAPERS New York City Edward Jay Epstein in "The 'Tiananmen Papers'" [Feb. 5] retails a story about 15,000 pages of secret Chinese documents b...
Feb 1, 2001 / Our Readers
The Great Florida Recount The Great Florida Recount
The great Florida recount is under way.
Jan 31, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
Which Way W.? Which Way W.?
As the proverbial curtain rises on the Bush era in national politics, it's hard to know just how pessimistic progressives should be about the new President's aims and intentions....
Jan 26, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
From San Juan Hill to Chengue From San Juan Hill to Chengue
He had a busy finale, didn't he, primarily saving his own hide and issuing pardons: eeny meeny miny mo, Marc Rich yes, Leonard Peltier no. In Rolling Stone he called for an end t...
Jan 26, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Democrats Play Softball Democrats Play Softball
On Day Two of the John Ashcroft hearings, Senator Pat Leahy--the Democrat temporarily chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee--asked George W. Bush's would-be Attorney General if...
Jan 26, 2001 / David Corn