The Euroleft, or, Who’s Afraid of Tina? The Euroleft, or, Who’s Afraid of Tina?
Europe, you are rightly told, is swinging to the left. In thirteen of the fifteen countries making up the European Union, the Social Democrats are now in office.
Dec 24, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division
In every century, it seems,
The Constitution's put to test.
Important questions must be asked,
And ours is, "Did he touch her breast?"
Dec 24, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Land of Dreams Land of Dreams
Anyone who decides to add his drop to the tidal wave of commentary on the impeachment of President Clinton must acknowledge, at the outset, a built-in difficulty.
Dec 24, 1998 / Jonathan Schell
Help Russia Help Russia
A fateful crossroads in American-Russian relations is being obscured by Bill Clinton's impeachment and war against Iraq.
Dec 24, 1998 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
Holiday Celluloid Wrap-Up Holiday Celluloid Wrap-Up
What marvels of ill assortment the film distributors perform when they dump their products at the close of the year in hope of award nominations.
Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel
William Rehnquist was Richard Nixon's chief legal strategist when Nixon appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1971.
Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Neuborne
Our Bloodless Coup Our Bloodless Coup
People warn that a Senate impeachment trial will effectively shut down the government, involving as it would the Supreme Court and tying up the World's Greatest Deliberative ...
Dec 24, 1998 / Arthur Miller
The Dollar’s Day of Reckoning The Dollar’s Day of Reckoning
On January 1, 1999, the euro comes into existence.
Dec 24, 1998 / Feature / Lester C. Thurow
The Bombing of Iraq The Bombing of Iraq
Regardless of its domestic implications, Operation Desert Fox is a spectacular but dangerous gesture, a smokescreen to cover for the lack of a comprehensible or workable policy tow...
Dec 17, 1998 / The Editors
Breakthrough in Biology Breakthrough in Biology
They now know how
To clone a cow.
The corollary
Is pretty scary.
Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin