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1998 Stories by Harold Meyerson

• Banana Republicans

  published December 31, 1998

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• Plebicide

  published December 24, 1998

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• Polls, Pols and Propositions

  published November 26, 1998

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• Conservative Collapse

  published November 19, 1998

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• Wrong Year for Rock Ribs

  published November 5, 1998

  What has become of the California Republican Party?Less than a week before the general election, the party that has controlled the... More >>

• The Progressive Opportunity

  published October 22, 1998

  "Laboratories of democracy" - that was what Louis Brandeis called state governments when the century was young and progressivism was slowly... More >>

• October Demise

  published October 22, 1998

  October is shaping up as a banner month for fans of systemic breakdown. In Washington last week, the neo-Puritan Republican Congress voted to... More >>

• Activists Turned Elected Officials

  published October 8, 1998

  The onetime head of the County Employees Union, where he built the labor-community coalitions that saved the county health system in the... More >>

• Hall of Fame

  published October 8, 1998

  The lists of activists in Los Angeles is long and varied, but over the years there has been a small cadre of men and women who have been a... More >>

• Less Than the Sum of Its Parts

  published October 8, 1998

  It's a long, diverse and impressive list of activists that runs in this issue, an imposing array of agitators who make L.A. a better place to... More >>

• The Grand Inquisitor

  published September 24, 1998

  II. Protector of the LawHow much legal sense does the Starr Report make? On his allegations of abuse of power - which hold that Clinton... More >>

• The Revolt of the Elites

  published September 17, 1998

  So what do we do with our boy Bill, our empath-in-chief whose own pleasures and pains, and the consequences thereof, now render all other politics... More >>

• Five Big Ideas

  published September 10, 1998

  1. We should privatize Social Security and direct Americans to invest their retirement nest eggs in the market.As things stand now, of course,... More >>

• War Without Borders

  published September 3, 1998

  "Conflict With Terrorism Called War of Future," read the headline in Sunday's New York Times, and that's certainly the message that administration... More >>

• President Clinton - On the Attack

  published September 3, 1998

  Now we know what it takes to make Bill Clinton give a short speech. It's actually a rhetorical achievement, I suppose, to pack that much... More >>

• No Justice, No Growth

  published July 23, 1998

  From the perspective of the executive suites atop Universal's famous Black Tower, the demonstration that spread out on the lawn below at noontime... More >>

• Central Americans Invade Beverly Hills

  published June 25, 1998

  Shortly after Rick Chertoff assumed his duties as Executive Director of the L.A. chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), a colleague called... More >>

• Central Americans Invade Beverly Hills

  published June 25, 1998

  Shortly after Rick Chertoff assumed his duties as Executive Director of the L.A. chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), a colleague called... More >>

• Sam Yorty, 1909-1998

  published June 18, 1998

  In the life of the political leader, there sometimes comes a defining moment, an episode in which he creates himself indelibly and for all time.... More >>

• Wedgeless

  published June 18, 1998

  I. Conventional Wisdom Error No. 1 - The Lungren Lock The talk in political circles these days is all about how the affable and passionate... More >>

• Famous Victories

  published June 11, 1998

  I. CLASS WAR AND OTHER BIG DEALSIn the end, what really doomed Proposition 226 in Tuesday's primary election was its pedigree: This... More >>

• Left Behind

  published April 30, 1998

  ACHIEVING OUR COUNTRY: Leftist Thought in Twentieth Century America BY RICHARD RORTY Harvard University Press 144... More >>

• Rumble on Rodeo

  published April 30, 1998

  On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 8, police moved in to cordon off the doors of the Summit Rodeo, a pricy small hotel nestled among still... More >>

• The Dollar Dems

  published April 2, 1998

  If he accomplishes nothing else during his megabucks run for governor, Al Checchi has already set the standard for party-giving. Delegates to... More >>

• Almost Unbidden, Nations Stand Up

  published February 26, 1998

  JAMES STEINBERG is deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs - that is, the top deputy to National Security adviser Sandy... More >>