The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates
Completely confident, they know that--fair
And square, on issues--they'll defeat George Bush.
But still, where is that famous picture where
Jun 17, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Left-Right Bedfellows Left-Right Bedfellows
"We are the evil empire.
Jun 10, 1999 / Benjamin Schwarz
Media Matters Media Matters
"Politics and language," explains the dust jacket on the latest edition of Safire's New Political Dictionary, are "William Safire's two great and abiding interests." True, but to...
Jun 3, 1999 / Column / David Sarasohn
Another Candidate Announces Another Candidate Announces
Republicans seem rather sour
About the run of Gary Bauer.
But Democrats are glad to greet
The one opponent Gore might beat.
Apr 29, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
$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
Enter Mrs. Dole Enter Mrs. Dole
Elizabeth Dole is all perfection.
She shoots one take, without exception.
She drives her staff so no step's spared
To get an ad-libbed speech prepared.
Mar 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Tilting at Rumor Mills Tilting at Rumor Mills
Now that the Constitution has been rescued and sexual McCarthyism discredited, perhaps the most durable legacy of the Lewinsky mess is the central location of the right-wing sl...
Feb 25, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Price of Vigilance The Price of Vigilance
Good Christian kids must study Tinky Winky
To try to catch him doing something kinky.
Feb 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
My Lost Weekend My Lost Weekend
By the time we got to firing off the water-cooled, tripod-mounted, 30-caliber machine gun at the NRA-run Ben Avery gun range a half-hour north of here on the Saturday after ...
Jan 14, 1999 / Feature / Marc Cooper