Bristling on the Subcontinent Bristling on the Subcontinent
The conflict in Kargil took place in the summer of 1999. It was the fourth war between India and Pakistan since their emergence as independent nations in 1947, but this was the...
Apr 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We're pleased to announce that Jamie Lincoln Kitman's special report, "The Secret History of Lead" (March 20, 2000), has been awarded the Investigative Reporters and Editors' hig...
Apr 5, 2001 / The Editors
Letters Letters
REFORMER IN THE DELLS Milwaukee A postscript to Frances Fox Piven's excellent "Thompson's Easy Ride" [Feb. 26], on the elevation of Wi...
Apr 5, 2001 / Our Readers
Aloha Las Vegas Aloha Las Vegas
Although it may come as a surprise to the rest of America, people from Hawaii also feel the urge to get away from it all--even the inhabitants of a paradise theme park can get ...
Apr 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Pennybacker
Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong
A glance back to 1964 shows that predictions are always wrong and always political--and that the left's possibilities may be greater than they seem.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
The McCain-Feingold Bill The McCain-Feingold Bill
McCain and Feingold seem to have Big Mo: Soft money could now face a total ban. Which means some folks who've bought pols in the past Need now select a different purchase plan...
Apr 5, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Beyond McCain-Feingold Beyond McCain-Feingold
The Senate's passage of McCain-Feingold was welcome if only as a comeuppance to the Trent Lotts and Mitch McConnells who had arrogantly defied popular sentiment by keeping the ...
Apr 5, 2001 / The Editors
On Butterfly Wings On Butterfly Wings
This is going to be yet one more article on the never-ending recount-a-rama in Florida. But first a flashback to a pre-Election Day campaign moment: It's October. George W.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
Letters Letters
KEEP THE SUN IN THE SUNSHINE STATE LaFayette, N.Y. In "The Florida Fog" [March 19], David Corn asks, "Will the fog ever lift?" and concludes that a conc...
Mar 30, 2001 / Our Readers
Leading Los Angeles Leading Los Angeles
Survey the political terrain of this, America's second-largest city, on the eve of the April 10 mayoral vote, and the only possible conclusion is: What a Difference a Decade Makes...
Mar 30, 2001 / Marc Cooper