The political conventions will soon be upon us. In Philadelphia, the
Republicans will fill the air with thunder about the moral pollution of
Clintonism. In Los Angeles, the Democrats will tell Americans they've never
had it better. So far...
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19 July 2000
You can tell the Democrats are getting truly worried about Ralph Nader, the
Green Party presidential candidate. It's only July, and already the attacks
are getting shriller and sillier. But with Nader within sight of double
digits in the...
12 July 2000
Gloomily aware that Al Gore is not setting the campaign trail on fire,
Democrats are already invoking the specter of George W. Bush stocking the
U.S. Supreme Court with right-wing fanatics. Take People For the American
Way, a liberal...
05 July 2000
There was an affecting moment, back in 1996, when Bill Clinton and Phil
Knight of Nike clasped each other warmly in the Rose Garden, and hailed the
birth of the Apparel Industry Partnership. At his best, as always when
enjoying...
01 July 2000
Several weeks ago, I had a lengthy conversation with Bill Fletcher, Jr., who serves as assistant to the president of the AFL-CIO. A well-respected African-American activist in the labor movement, Fletcher has long been an insightful...
01 July 2000
George W. Bush wants black and brown Americans to know that he truly loves us, so very, very much.
In his acceptance speech at the Republican Party’s presidential nominating convention, Bush delivered a message, which sounded at times...