Response Response
I’m encouraged to see how much common ground there is between my colleagues and me. But some key differences remain. Peter Kornbluh contends that the distorting effect of all those…
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Michael Massing
An Old City Seeks a New Model An Old City Seeks a New Model
In early December 1984, an undercover police officer named Marcellus Ward met with a pair of heroin dealers above a candy store in southwest Baltimore.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Joshua Wolf Shenk
Does Europe Do It Better? Does Europe Do It Better?
Listen to a debate among drug policy advocates and you're likely to hear impassioned claims about the brilliant success (or dismal failure) of more "liberal" approaches in certai...
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
George Soros’s Long Strange Trip George Soros’s Long Strange Trip
Research assistance: David Levinson Wilk.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Russ Baker
Marijuana Made Easy Marijuana Made Easy
For more than half a century, the US government has maintained a hard line on marijuana, denying that the plant has any medical value at all.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Cynthia Cotts
The Road to Reform The Road to Reform
Nearly everyone seems to agree that the war on drugs has been a disaster, but little progress in ending it has been made.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Carol A. Bergman
Beyond the Drug War Beyond the Drug War
Most of the media regard the coy refusal of George W.
Sep 2, 1999 / Editorial / The Editors
The Commentary School of Falsification The Commentary School of Falsification
Israeli schoolchildren returned to their desks this year to find a new history curriculum.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
The Rest of Them Are Clean The Rest of Them Are Clean
Elizabeth Dole won't break the law. McCain has scored no coke. The thought of Hatch with smack or crack Is palpably baroque.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Burned by Waco Burned by Waco
On July 26 I sat for almost fourteen hours in a hearing room waiting to testify before Congress on the tragedy at Waco, and watched a dismal performance.
Aug 28, 1999 / Editorial / Alan Stone