What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Recently, while doing some research into social conditions in the early twentieth century, I came across a reference to Looking Backward, written in 1888.
Dec 16, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
A New New Deal? A New New Deal?
The same week that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his plans to close eight city firehouses, Mike Wallace, John Jay College professor and bard of New York, held a ...
Dec 12, 2002 / Editorial / Kim Phillips-Fein
New Federal Hires New Federal Hires
So Elliott Abrams (the felon) is back, And Poindexter's now a big cheese. High-level appointments now favor the guys With rap sheets instead of CVs.
Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Evil of Access The Evil of Access
Campaign finance reform can succeed--but only if the pressure stays on.
Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / Mark Green
Where Were the Women? Where Were the Women?
Their support of Democrats declined in 2002, helping to sink the party's fortunes.
Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / Anna Greenberg
Independent’s Day Independent’s Day
Minnesota's Dean Barkley represents a movement with a strong state foothold.
Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
The Conservative Imagination The Conservative Imagination
Dinesh D'Souza became a right-wing campus radical at Dartmouth in the late Carter years. His motives should be recognizable to former campus radicals of the other variety.
Dec 12, 2002 / Books & the Arts / George Packer
Lott Should Resign Lott Should Resign
Among the obscenities accumulating in the political atmosphere, the most disgusting may be Trent Lott.
Dec 12, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors