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Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was

The Orrin Hatch campaign is done--
Kaput at last, without a doubt.
And now, perhaps, could someone please
Explain what that was all about?

Feb 3, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Justice for Bernard Baran Justice for Bernard Baran

On January 30, 1985, 19-year-old Bernard Baran was convicted of molesting five 3-, 4- and 5-year-old boys and girls at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) in Pittsfield...

Feb 3, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Medical Rebels Medical Rebels

Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Katherine Eban Finkelstein

The Pinochet Principle The Pinochet Principle

The arrest of Augusto Pinochet in England more than a year ago stunned the world and emboldened those seeking to bring dictators and war criminals to justice.

Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Roane Carey

Bobby, He Hardly Knew Ye Bobby, He Hardly Knew Ye

Robert Scheer was the last journalist to interview Robert Kennedy.

Feb 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Sweating Out the Words Sweating Out the Words

CLARIFICATION: A sidebar to Debbie Nathan's February 21 "Sweating Out the Words," about The New Yorker's literary contest and the publishing and informatics industries (converting ...

Feb 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan

The Original Valley Girl The Original Valley Girl

Bette Midler got her first starring role in the movies in 1979, playing the lead in The Rose, a thinly disguised biopic about Janis Joplin.

Feb 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide

George W. Bush has a sweet appealing face until he reveals his dark side, as when he, in one of his first official acts, cut off funds to international population control groups....

Jan 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

WTO: Workers of the World United? WTO: Workers of the World United?

San Francisco

In his December 20 "Beat the Devil" column, "Trade Wars, Trade Truths," Alexander Cockburn got it exactly

Jan 27, 2000 / Alexander Cockburn and Our Readers

Rebel Yell Rebel Yell

The recent march in South Carolina, demanding the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol is the latest episode in a long-running debate over the legacy of slavery.&...

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

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