World Culture War World Culture War
In the past ten years, nationalist, communalist and religious fundamentalist social movements have surfaced all over the world, moving into the power vacuum created as local elit...
Apr 29, 1999 / Feature / Meredith Tax
Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq
Iraq is out of the news, mostly, except for the occasional report of a missile fired from a US jet flying over it on patrol. And Maj. Scott Ritter is off the air.
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / William M. Arkin
Fading Czech Velvet Fading Czech Velvet
As I'm driven to the home of Ivan Klima, one of the Czech Republic's most internationally respected writers, the hand of fate slips in beside me in the taxi.
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Mark Schapiro
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