The Liberals’ Folly The Liberals’ Folly
Liberals in the Democratic Party should withdraw their support for the Kosovo war. So should the Democratic Party.
May 6, 1999 / Tom Hayden
Slobo in Prayer Slobo in Prayer
So Slobodan said prayers with Jesse.
But prayed for what? Who knows? I'd guess he
Would say, "So stop the bombs!" and then amens.
Except when bombs no longer shower
May 6, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Stop the War Now Stop the War Now
NATO's war on Yugoslavia has failed catastrophically. The crimes against humanity that the alliance hoped to forestall continue to be visited upon the Albanian Kosovars.
May 6, 1999 / The Editors
Palestinians on Hold Palestinians on Hold
"Arafat gave in to our pressure," was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's typically self-promoting response to the PLO's recent decision not to declare a Palestinian stat...
May 6, 1999 / Graham Usher
Belgrade Degraded Belgrade Degraded
Every now and then it really happens. A "military spokesman" emerges to prove that Joseph Heller was a realist, and Catch-22 a work of reportorial integrity.
Apr 29, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Saddam the Phoenix Saddam the Phoenix
Thanks principally to the reports of Barton Gellman in the Washington Post since last October, we know that US intelligence services fatally misused the United Nations Special C...
Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dilip Hiro
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
Battle Hymn Battle Hymn
We're bombing you back to the Stone Age, Slobo,
To teach you that you must behave.
When all of our bombing is finished, Slobo,
Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
Nationalism Unleashed Nationalism Unleashed
We Hungarians entered NATO on March 12.
Apr 15, 1999 / George Konrad