Correspondance School Art Correspondance School Art
If we think of a historical period as defined by what the French have usefully designated a mentalité--a shared set of attitudes, practices and beliefs--then periods end ...
Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Letter From Eritrea Letter From Eritrea
The present lull in the fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia may lead to a shift in their bitterly fought contest to the negotiating table, but an end to hostilities between tw...
Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Dan Connell
Women’s Rights: As the World Turns Women’s Rights: As the World Turns
Does it seem to you that feminism this past year was just one long gargle over the meaning of Monica? That the biggest women's issue was whether oral sex is sex?
Mar 11, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Paving the Way Paving the Way
Since you weren't bent all out of shape By hearing Bill accused of rape, It's now assumed that it won't trouble you To hear some dirt about George W.
Mar 11, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Money Science = Ethics Problems on Campus Money Science = Ethics Problems on Campus
The third most dispensed drug in the United States is a thyroid medication called Synthroid.
Mar 4, 1999 / Feature / David Shenk
Screendance Screendance
I grew up on dance films, although they weren't known as such; they were called musicals.
Mar 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Valerie Gladstone
Jobs, Justice–Joy Jobs, Justice–Joy
The drinks were pouring, the flesh was pressing and a "dream team" of brassy, bluesy, soul and salsa players out to affiliate San Antonio's Tejano bands with the American Federat...
Mar 4, 1999 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Soul Survivor of Auschwitz Soul Survivor of Auschwitz
During a wide-ranging conversation I had with Primo Levi in his home in Turin in the summer of 1985, two years before his death, I asked him what effect Auschwitz had on him as a...
Mar 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Motola
Re: Juanita Broaddrick Re: Juanita Broaddrick
We will never know the truth behind Juanita Broaddrick's claim that Bill Clinton raped her in a Little Rock hotel room in l978.
Mar 4, 1999 / Editorial / Katha Pollitt
Reckoning in Guatemala Reckoning in Guatemala
The recent release of the report of the Historical Clarification Commission in Guatemala has injected new energy into a process that has been faltering since the signing of the D...
Mar 4, 1999 / Editorial / David Holiday