Going Down the Road Going Down the Road
During my days as Texas agriculture commissioner, a farmer pointed out to me that you can count the seeds in an apple, but you can't count the apples in a seed.
Jan 9, 2003 / Jim Hightower
Memo to the Democrats Memo to the Democrats
If Congressional Democrats want to be more than George W.
Jan 9, 2003 / John Nichols
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
I first read Samuel Delany's Tales of Nevèrÿon during the high-geek days of junior high.
Jan 8, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kim
The Question of North Korea The Question of North Korea
Korea has the bomb, but not to worry.
It's not a crisis. No, we needn't hurry
To get inspections back. Why try to spot
The weapons they already say they've got?
Jan 8, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
No Room for Logic in Bush Foreign Policy No Room for Logic in Bush Foreign Policy
Darn, but those weapons of mass destruction keep turning up in the wrong places.
Jan 2, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Rich Have Reason to Rejoice The Rich Have Reason to Rejoice
In Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge was forced to view his own death in order to gain some self-awareness of his life as the epitome of cruelty and selfishness.
Dec 23, 2002 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
A Sorry Lott A Sorry Lott
Trent Lott has grudgingly relinquished his grip on the Senate majority leader post, but that doesn't mean that the Republican Party has purged "the spirit of Jefferson Davis" t...
Dec 23, 2002 / The Editors
The Power of Music The Power of Music
Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers
On Not Running For the Presidency On Not Running For the Presidency
We now feel warm toward Albert Gore,
Who will not run in aughty-four.
Most candidates, I must admit,
Seem at their best the day they quit.
Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Russell Simmons’s Rap Russell Simmons’s Rap
Russell Simmons, known for decades as Rush to his friends, is of average height and build for a man his age (45), with a cleanshaven face, bald dome and light complexion.
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Miles Marshall Lewis