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Vol. 027 Issue 007 (July 1 1994)
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The Continuing Crisis
•May has passed, and so has The American Spectator's obsolete telephone system. We now have Voice Mail. Hence when you call our offices you no longer make genuine, albeit bungled human contact; you...
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE Unbelievable "Love and Hate in Arkansas," by Daniel Wattenberg, published in the April-May issue of your magazine, is an insult to President Clinton, the state of Arkansas, and the...
Editorials: Old What's-His-Name/The Meaning of Life
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIALS Old What's-His-Name by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. T his month I vow not to write one word of disparagement against the man whom Paula Corbin Jones has accused of what we moderns call...
Capitol Ideas/E-Mail Evolution
Bethell, Tom
E-Mail Evolution by Tom Bethell F rom my window I have been marveling at the miracle of spring, and on my computer I have been following an e-mail discussion of evolution. As to the wonders of...
Me-Too Republicans
Barnes, Fred
Me-Too Republicans Bereft of leadership and vision, congressional Republicans have failed to act as an opposition party. Lucky for the GOP, there's life beyond the Beltway. by Fred...
Crash Course
Mallon, Thomas
Thomas Mallon Crash Course In mid-July, fragments of a fearsome comet are scheduled to blast into Jupiter—just as the U.S. gets set to commemorate the silver anniversary of man's first steps on...
Aristide Development
Caldwell, Christopher
Christopher Caldwell Aristide Development Not content with having destroyed the Haitian economy through sanctions, the U.S. now wants to impose a would-be tyrant by force. How Haiti policy has...
Presswatch / The Hiss Factor
Cony, John
The Hiss Factor by John Corry T he week after Richard Nixon died, Newsweek ran a collection of reminiscences about his life. The first was from Tony Hiss, who said Nixon's career was built on the...
The Nation's Pulse / Heterosexual AIDS: Part VII
Fumento, Michael
Heterosexual AIDS: Part VII by Michael Fumento T he AIDS epidemic has peaked—and not everyone wants you to know about it. Especially not the media, which have taken recent CDC reports to proclaim...
Spectator's Journal/ The Big Botch
Ledeen, Michael
The Big Botch by Michael Ledeen W e are in the midst of the seven lean years of American foreign policy. Bill Clinton, the first modern president to go for days on end without even receiving a...
Ben Stein's Diary/Au Revoir, Mr. President
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY Au Revoir, Mr. President by Benjamin J. Stein Tuesday T his is news I've been dreading for about twenty years. I'm out at Morton's, and the captain, Todd, comes over to tell me...
Politics/ The Politics of Business
Norquist, Grover G.
The Politics of Business by Grover G. Norquist 0 n April 5, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce fired senior vice president Bill Archey. Archey, an architect of business community collaboration with the...
Constitutional Opinions / Shameless in Seattle
Eastland, Terry
CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS Shameless in Seattle by Terry Eastland W hatever you may think of Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan "Doctor of Death," he's less of a threat to the Constitution than a federal...
The New York Spectator / No More Secrets
Conlon, Edward
No More Secrets by Edward Conlon T he Mayor's Office for Midtown Enforcement is not opposed to fun, in general or in principle, though not everyone sees it this way. Opponents are apt to call it a...
Talkies / Don't Know Much About History
Bowman, James
Don't Know Much About History by James Bowman n Mick Jackson's Clean Slate, Dana / Carvey finds every morning when he wakes up that he has completely forgotten what happened the day before...
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Noonan, Peggy
BOOK REVIEWS A t the end of her previous book (What I Saw at the Revolution), Peggy Noonan was touting the new Bush administration, which she had helped bring to power by writing the president's...
Standing Firm
Quayle, Dan
D an Quayle is back, but don't call him tanned, rested, and ready. Sure as you do, the smartass who writes joke material for "Crossfire" will have Michael Kinsley asking, "Ready for what—another 18...
Diplomacy
Kissinger, Henry
/ n 1968, a young and relatively obscure Harvard professor named Henry Kissinger published an essay entitled, "Central Issues in American Foreign Policy." Its basic argument was that the United...
Poland's Jump to the Market Economy
Sachs, Jeffrey
W hen economists argue, the layman is apt to get lost. I follow the practice of throwing my vote, at least presumptively, to whichever economist I can understand. I always accept the views of Herb...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM 3,4eC HMX-1 Travel Mission Fax Sheet The National Security State, Arkansas division: On May 24, 1994, three representatives of the White House Military Office traveled to Camp...
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