American Beauty or American Pie? American Beauty or American Pie?

*Last year, I was the guest editor of The Nation's first issue devoted exclusively to Hollywood and politics.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind

Planetary Realignments Planetary Realignments

Last night a teenager killed himself below my bedroom window. I heard it happen: first a crescendo of police sirens coming up the avenue at two in the morning, then a crash.

Mar 9, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

All the President’s Mien All the President’s Mien

Leon Aron, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has over the past few years become known as an authority on Boris Yeltsin, a man he patently likes and has vig...

Mar 9, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Abraham Brumberg

Executioners’ Songs Executioners’ Songs

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