All the President’s Man? All the President’s Man?
When Dick Morris announced that he would write a book to divert attention from his adventure with the toes of a call girl, George Stephanopoulos, the President's senior policy a...
Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler
The Myth and Milosevic The Myth and Milosevic
Whoever does not fight at Kosovo...
May nothing bear fruit that his hand sows.
--Serb epic
Apr 1, 1999 / Marlene Nadle
The Clinton Doctrine The Clinton Doctrine
President Clinton's decision to use military force against the Serbs was not simply a calculated response to Slobodan Milosevic's intransigence.
Apr 1, 1999 / Michael T. Klare
Holocaust Denial: A Sequel Holocaust Denial: A Sequel
The Case of Binjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments
Until the past few months, bestowing any Holocaust honorific upon Binjamin Wilkomirski, the author of the
Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Harvey Peskin
Buddha Leaves Suburbia Buddha Leaves Suburbia
If you adored Catherine Texier's Breakup last year, fell to the floor gushing sympathetic tears for the abandoned raconteur and raised your fists with indignant empathy over the...
Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Minna Proctor
Enter Mrs. Dole Enter Mrs. Dole
Elizabeth Dole is all perfection.
She shoots one take, without exception.
She drives her staff so no step's spared
To get an ad-libbed speech prepared.
Mar 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
When Worlds Collide When Worlds Collide
When those in my modest circle of acquaintances learned that I was editing a Hollywood issue of The Nation, they found it either risible or irritating.
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind
Carried Away Carried Away
My friend Dennis Paoli says there are two kinds of horror movies, and since his screenwriting credits include Re-Animator, I treat his categories with respect.
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Forgotten Oscar The Forgotten Oscar
In the run-up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony the focus was on Elia Kazan and whether the Motion Picture Academy was doing the right thing by honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement ...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky