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Vol. 028 Issue 007 (July 1 1995)
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The Continuing Crisis
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• May provided an endless string of holidays and commemorations, and no one had a grander time than Our President. He celebrated such old favorites as May Day and the Cinco de Mayo, and on May 4...
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Correspondence
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The Great Sucking Sound Usually I read Ben Stein's Diary first, but your May issue drew me to P.J. O'Rourke's hilarious article, "Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck." By the time I finished...
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Editorials/Pat on the Back/A Dressing Down
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Jr, R. Emmett Tyrrell
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Pat on the Back by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. W hat is it that makes Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan superior to so many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill? Yes, the abysmal decline of intellect up...
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Capitol Ideas / Turnabout Is Fair Play
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Bethell, Tom
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Turnabout Is Fair Play by Tom Bethell T he old political blocs, frozen during the Cold War, really are breaking up, as the events following the Oklahoma City bombing showed. In some respects there...
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My Favorite Career Pol
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Novak, Robert D.
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My Favorite Career Pol Gov. John Engler has brought conservatism to power in his home state, but is there life for him after Michigan? by Robert D. Novak W henever I am asked, out on the lecture...
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Japan's Poison Gas Apocalyptics
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Haselkom, Avigdor
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Avigdor Haselkorn Japan's Poison Gas al ti Shoko Asahara and his Aum Shinrikyo sect have worldwide ambitions— and a cache of deadly toxins—that should worry the West profoundly. T he May 16...
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Pope Culture
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Johnston, George Sim
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George Sim Johnston Pope Culture A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts. L ast autumn a senior writer at Time was advised to put the final touches on the obituary of...
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The Lame Game
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Bovard, James
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James Bovard The Lame Game Americans without disabilities have been the first to exploit the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. Is that any surprise? Federal disability policy is rapidly...
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The Unsweet Science
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McGrorty, Michael J.
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Michael J. McGrorty The Unsweet Science A memoir of boxing, the Navy, and a man called Tanner. E verything I know about boxing was taught me in the Navy by a fellow named Tommy Rasher. I met...
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Eminences/Making It Final
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Ferguson, Andrew
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Making It Final by Andrew Ferguson 6 6 n0 e of the longest journeys in the world is the journey from Brooklyn to Manhattan," Norman Podhoretz wrote in the famous opening to his memoir, Making It....
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The Public Policy /A Supply-Side Strategy
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Frum, David
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A Supply-Side Strategy by David Frum D oes the fact that a policy is driven by polling and cynicism in itself prove the policy wrong? If the answer is yes, then nothing could be more wrong than the...
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Presswatch / Meeting the Enemy
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Cony, John
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Meeting the Enemy by John Corry Williams, after all, was appearing on television, where panelists are encouraged to blurt out provocations, especially on programs like "Capital Gang." Rowan,...
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Ben Stein's Diary //f This Is Tuesday
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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If This Is Tuesday by Benjamin J. Stein Monday 'm at the old Howard Hughes aircraft I plant in the middle of a vast wasteland between LAX and Marina Del Rey. Tucked into a ravine, it has old...
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Constitutional Opinions /State Your Business
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Rabkin, Jeremy
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State Your Business by Jeremy Rabkin For the first time in sixty years—in a ruling made all the more remarkable by the little attention it received initially—the Supreme Court has struck down a...
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Politics / Pretty Vacant
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Norquist, Grover G.
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Pretty Vacant by Grover G. Norquist T he Democratic Party's response to the Contract With America, the 1994 Republican sweep, and the ascension of Newt Gingrich to the Speaker's chair in the House...
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Russia Watch / Stalin Grads
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Bernstein, Jonas
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Moscow I n preparing for their commemoration of V-E day, the Russian authorities took no chances with Moscow's unpredictable spring weather. On May 8, the day before the official celebration, they...
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The Washington Spectator/ The Way They Were
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King, Florence
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My Life in the D.C. Public Schools, 1941-1953 The Way They Were by Florence King / always follow the news about District of Columbia public schools, and lately it seems to be following...
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The,Talkies /Binge and Purge
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Bowman, James
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Binge and Purge by James Bowman / n a generally critical review in the New York Times of David Salle's Search and Destroy, Janet Maslin praises Salle's "clean, minimalist compositions" (he is an...
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P.C. Mommy Knows Best
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West, Diana
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N othing like a night of looting and torching to bring together cat-loving Korean grocers and their boycotting black neighbors. So concludes Smoky Night, written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by...
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The Collected Works of John Reed
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Rosenstone, Robert A.
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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JOHN REED Introduction by Robert A. Rosenstone The Modern Library /937 pages / $20 reviewed by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ A n icon of the radical left, once rative emerges without...
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Turin Shroud
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Picknett, Lynn; Prince, Clive
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TURIN SHROUD: IN WHOSE IMAGE? THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CENTURIES-LONG CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince HarperCollins / 224 pages / $23 reviewed by MARK STEYN love that...
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Among the Lowest of the Dead
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Drehle, David Von
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AMONG THE LOWEST OF THE DEAD: THE CULTURE OF DEATH ROW David Von Drehle Times Books/ 469 pages / $25 reviewed by FRANCIS X. ROCCA T he best things in this book are the courtroom and the law...
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This Side of Peace
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Ashrawi, Hanan
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H anan Ashrawi, who has always led what she calls "a sheltered life protected by privilege," became an instant celebrity in the United States after PLO leader Yasser Arafat appointed her spokeswoman...
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The Populist Persuasion
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Kazin, Michael
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THE POPULIST PERSUASION: AN AMERICAN HISTORY Michael Kazin BasicBooks / 381 pages / $24 reviewed by JOHN R. COYNE, JR. M ichael Kazin begins The Populist Persuasion with questions first posed...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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Daily Vanguard (Portland State University) Another perspicacious university president at work solemnizing, edifying, and assisting our Nation's Arabs and Muslims, and any passing male canine intent...
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