Not This Time in LA Not This Time in LA
Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. And for much of the spring it seemed possible that America's second-largest city would elect as its mayor a progressive Latino who ...
Jun 7, 2001 / John Nichols
Japan: An Interpretation Japan: An Interpretation
Those inscrutable Japanese. They've inspired more trash between hard covers over the past century than anyone--far more than the Chinese, if that's what you're thinking. Mysteriou...
Jun 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith
The Republicans and John McCain The Republicans and John McCain
They thought that Jeffords was their bane, But now they see that John McCain, Who shrugs off efforts to restrain His longtime love of speaking plain, And likes to jerk George...
Jun 7, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush’s Tax Savings: Unreal! Bush’s Tax Savings: Unreal!
A Nation analysis finds that benefits to Bush, Cheney and the Cabinet could top million.
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Michael Scherer
Universe of Faith and Terror Universe of Faith and Terror
Let's begin with a Denis Johnson moment. One Saturday, in Los Angeles, I venture out to buy a newspaper; when I get home, I discover, wedged between its C and D sections, a grainy...
Jun 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David L. Ulin
Letters Letters
...AND APPLE PIE Ravello, Italy Katha Pollitt's heart-wrenching "Happy Mother's Day" was, of course, a treat ["Subject to Debate," May 28]. But the crystalli...
Jun 7, 2001 / Alexander Cockburn, Gore Vidal, Ken Silverstein, Susan Sontag, Gila Svirsky, Tarek Milleron, Matthew Runci, Holly Burkhalter, and Nathaniel A. Raymond
The Dogmeteers The Dogmeteers
It's been six years since Dogme 95 nailed its ten-point "Vow of Chastity" to the door of world cinema. Lars von Trier's gang of four Danish film rebels flung an inkwell at the fat...
Jun 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo
Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’ Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’
On July 1 Larry Summers--the Wunderkind economist who ran the Treasury Department under President Clinton--takes over as president of Harvard University. "A fitting choice," edito...
Jun 7, 2001 / Matt Bivens
McCain in Vain? McCain in Vain?
In Washington, all politics is personality. Or so it often seems. After the Jim Jeffords jump, the media zoomed in on Senator John McCain and breathlessly penned a new chapter in ...
Jun 7, 2001 / David Corn
White House Tax Windfall White House Tax Windfall
How much does the White House stand to save from Bush's tax cut?
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / The Nation