Bradley’s Two Pauls Bradley’s Two Pauls
One man is the symbol of Wall Street power. The other rose to prominence as a grassroots hellraiser. One believes in top-down control of the economy and celebrates global capita...
Apr 29, 1999 / David Corn
Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq
Iraq is out of the news, mostly, except for the occasional report of a missile fired from a US jet flying over it on patrol. And Maj. Scott Ritter is off the air.
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / William M. Arkin
Wherefore Al Gore? Wherefore Al Gore?
They're asking now, "Wherefore Al Gore?"
They're thinking now, "Should we explore
A few alternatives before
We find too late we've bet the store
Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Hawks, Doves & Ducks Hawks, Doves & Ducks
As NATO was beginning its fourth week of not-yet-successful persuasion bombing, several progressive members of the House gathered privately to hash out their views of President C...
Apr 21, 1999 / David Corn
Ethnic Poisoning Ethnic Poisoning
In the very first days of Kosovo's drama of the dispossessed--a calculated atrocity that Slobodan Milosevic probably thinks of as his "exodus strategy"--the most amazing mantra ...
Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Running on Empty Running on Empty
Texas Observer editor Louis Dubose estimates that his property tax will decrease by $130 in the year 2000.
Apr 8, 1999 / Feature / Lou Dubose
$1 Billion for Conservative Ideas $1 Billion for Conservative Ideas
Last year the Heritage Foundation celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Apr 8, 1999 / Feature / David Callahan
Political Chapter, Bible Verse Political Chapter, Bible Verse
After writing this, her fourth book on the Christian right, Sara Diamond donated fourteen years' worth of research--right-wing pamphlets, fliers and position papers--to the Unive...
Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Abby Scher
If Poverty Is the Question… If Poverty Is the Question…
What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.
Apr 1, 1999 / Paul Wellstone
Srebrenica Revisited Srebrenica Revisited
During the Balkan war of 1912, Leon Trotsky was a war correspondent for a group of liberal Russian and Ukrainian newspapers.
Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens