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October 19, 2000
Democratic Centralism
"When the ax came into the woods, the trees all said, ‘Well, at least the handle is one of us.’" There is more intellectual content in this old Turkish folk warning than in the entire output of the "lesser evil" school. Here comes Albert Gore Jr., striding purposefully toward us with a big chopper resting easily on his shoulder.
Christopher Hitchens
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October 19, 2000
A Working Third Party
Multiracial and populist, New York’s Working Families Party gains ground.
Micah L. Sifry
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October 12, 2000
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October 12, 2000
Duking It Out in the Naderhood
As Bush and Gore battle for the Northwest, Nader’s power grows.
Marc Cooper
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September 24, 2000
Presidential Politics, Cont’d., Cont’d.
I still think third-party politics is mostly a crock, but then, so is two-party politics.
Katha Pollitt
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December 2, 1999
Public Citizen No.1
CORRECTION (from the Dec. 27 issue): In Micah L. Sifry’s “Public Citizen No. 1” [Dec. 20], Carl Mayer, although he is among those urging Nader to run, was incorrectly identified as a member of the Draft Nader Committee. Also, the town of Amherst is in Wisconsin, not Michigan.
A version of this article also appeared in Salon magazine.Micah L. Sifry
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October 14, 1999
Buchanan-Fulani: New Team?
When Pat Buchanan showed up to tout his new book on Tim Russert’s CNBC show, Russert asked about his recent lunch date with Lenora Fulani, former presidential candidate of the New Alliance Party.
Bruce Shapiro
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September 9, 1999
On the Possibility That Pat Buchanan Will Run as a Third-Party Candidate
Buchanan hints he’s leaving.
The GOP says, “Stay!”
They fear that he’d be draining
The wacko vote away.Calvin Trillin