You may think a person would bring up the subject of
political rhetoric in our day only to dis it, to mourn the decline of the
once-noble art, to compare the puny babble of our modern pipsqueaks to the
magnificent cadences of Jefferson,...
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31 December 1999
In the nation's biggest news weekly, the final headline of 1999 posed a
question that preoccupies many journalists these days: "A Second American
Century?"
Providing some answers on the last page of Time's Dec. 27 issue, pundit...
24 December 1999
The arrival of 2000 reminds us that life is short. Deadening routines
often squander our time, while evasions take unnecessary tolls in human
suffering. But much better possibilities remain.
Every day, a nationwide media barrage...
10 December 1999
When the World Trade Organization summit collapsed in Seattle, major
American news outlets seemed to go into shock. The failure to launch a new
round of global trade talks stunned many journalists who were accustomed to
covering...
03 December 1999
It's a pro-democracy movement. And it's global.
The vibrant social forces that converged on Seattle -- and proceeded to deflate the WTO summit -- are complex, diverse and sometimes contradictory. Yet the threads of...
26 November 1999
In a media world with few bright spots, I'm thankful for "Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood."
Every day, people of all ages are watching hyped-up and commercialized TV programs that emphasize surface appearances. Sitcoms...
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