Reno: Getting It From All Sides Reno: Getting It From All Sides
A week after she ordered federal agents to seize Elián González from his relatives in Miami, Republican critics were snarling, the Miami Cuban community was venti...
Jun 8, 2000 / Feature / Lars-Erik Nelson
‘Spies’ Under the Persian Rug ‘Spies’ Under the Persian Rug
Early in the morning on Tuesday, May 2, as I opened my apartment door to pick up the New York Times, I was struck by a large front-page picture of a man in Iranian prison unifo...
Jun 8, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Mansour Farhang
Prince Albert in a Can Prince Albert in a Can
What's the meaning of Al Gore? Or George Bush?
Jun 8, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
McCullers: Canon Fodder? McCullers: Canon Fodder?
What makes an American writer? In today's narrow, backlashed literary market the chain of command is quite clear. The "greats" are Updike, Pynchon, Mailer, Bellow and Roth.
Jun 8, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Schulman
Flower Power: The Lessons Flower Power: The Lessons
An article in the financial section of the New York Observer this spring described a company named NetJ.com Corporation.
Jun 8, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do
The pace of recent events made one of the most significant rulings in the history of American antitrust law seem like an anti-climax.
Jun 8, 2000 / Feature / Eben Moglen
Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol
What if First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush had been caught lighting up a joint? Would the respectable media play down that story the way they have the Bush children's illegal...
Jun 5, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Going Postal Going Postal
Bravo and Happy Birthday to Harper's Magazine, and to Lewis Lapham and John (Rick) MacArthur (editor and publisher, respectively).
Jun 1, 2000 / The Editors
Block That Rush! Block That Rush!
I suppose it would be in my financial interest if Rush Limbaugh were to get his wish and become part of the broadcast team for ABC's Monday Night Football.
Jun 1, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Al Franken
The Man Who Won NAFTA Emerges Victorious on China Trade The Man Who Won NAFTA Emerges Victorious on China Trade
So Clinton's found the key once more
To triumphs he can savor:
He takes the lead on issues that
Republicans all favor.
Jun 1, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin