McCain McCain
So now comes forward John McCain, A high-tech version of Gawain When with his steed, a Navy plane. He says he's forming his campaign
Jan 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pollock and the Drip Pollock and the Drip
A characteristically handsome painting by Joan Mitchell is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in the exhibition American Art: 1940-1970.
Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Parades Gone By Parades Gone By
To begin the new year with something old: Milestone Film and Video has just re-released two films of antiquarian interest, directed (appropriately enough) by British film histo...
Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
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
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 / Editorial / Arthur Miller
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
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
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 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
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 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
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