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Vol. 029 Issue 012 (December 1 1996)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS Dr. Elders loves herself; Lorena Bobbitt goes home again October 1996 passes—the fortieth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising, the twenty-sixth anniversary of Our...
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE Mailer's Jailer RET's October editorial glorifying Norman Mailer leads me to believe that even The American Spectator, to which I have turned in recent years for high standards and...
On the Prowl
"On the Prowl" Huanging It Although Ron Brown protégé and Democratic fundraiser John Huang officially left his Commerce Department job for the DNC in December 1995, the Prowler has learned that he...
Editorials: Never Mind / Seduced by Bill
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIALS' by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Never Mind October 30 And so the 1996 presidential blubbering contest is about to shut down. Our celebrity president is far ahead of the Gruff Gentleman Bob...
Capitol Ideas: No Nukes America
Bethell, Tom
"Capitol Ideas: No Nukes America" by Tom Bethell No Nukes America Over a period of several decades, the weapons in the U.S. nuclear arsenal were assembled at the Pantex plant, a few miles northeast of Amarillo,...
Impeach or Indict?
York, Byron
"Impeach or Indict?" All across Capitol Hill, a sense of frustration and resignation has set in among those who have spent the past three years investigating Clinton administration scandals. What do they have to show...
John Huang's Bamboo Network
Adams, James Ring
"John Huang's Bamboo Network" John Huang's Bamboo Network THE FALL GUY IN THE INDONESIA SCANDAL WAS MERELY THE ERRAND BOY OF BILLIONIARE ASIAN INTERESTS WITH LONGSTANDING TIES TO THE CLINTON CROWD. BY JAMES RING ADAMS Maybe...
USA Today's Arson Artistry
Fumento, Michael
"USA Today's Arson Artistry" USA Today's Arson Artistry USA Today won plaudits when it revealed that reports of black church burnings were overblown. Unfortunately, the nation's leading fast-food paper failed to acknowledge...
Crashing VMI's Line
Norman, Geoffrey
"Crashing VMI's Line" PROGRESSIVE FORCES WOULD STOP AT NOTHING TO SEE THAT SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION—FOR MEN—CAME TO AN END AT THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. OF COURSE WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS TO DESTROY THE FABLED SCHOOL...
Books for Christmas
Books for Christmas Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers. to ANNE APPLEBAUM There is invariably something selfish about choosing books for gifts: one...
Santa's Shoes
Bennett, Ralph Kinney
"Santa's Shoes" HUGH THOMAS Among new books which I read, the best were, first, Theodore Draper's The Struggle for Power, a fascinating study of the origins of the tragedy which led to the separation of Britain...
Shopping for Churches
Shiflett, Dave
"Shopping for Churches" Shopping for Churches Our religious free market offers plenty of choice—if not much spiritual quality. By Dave Shiflett. DAVE SHIFLETT is a writer living in Northern Virginia. always...
Culture Vultures: Philip Roth at 15
Steyn, Mark
"Culture Vultures: Philip Roth at 15" by Mark Steyn Philip Roth at 15 Henny Youngman puts it best: "Take my wife. Please." There it is in four words, one of the most indestructible artistic traditions: the need of...
Presswatch: None Dare Call It Bias
Corry, John
"Presswatch: None Dare Call It Bias" twenty minutes of impersonal, superficial banter. Eventually, she interrupts: "Philip, why do you want to be friends with me?" A smile teases his lips: "Oh, perversion..." Does it sound familiar?...
Ben Stein's Diary: Death of a Friend
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein Death of a Friend Friday Aterrifying phone call from Burdette Feierabend, former wife of my pal Peter Feierabend, at about 9:3o p.m.—just as I was pulling...
Asia Watch: China Nationalist
Aikman, David
"Asia Watch: China Nationalist" by David Airman China Nationalist Is China interested in who wins the U.S. presidential election in 1996? You bet. It's not a character issue to the rulers in Peking— revered national...
Russia Watch: Against Chubais
Bernstein, Jonas
"Russia Watch: Against Chubais" by Jonas Bernstein Against Chubais In October, outgoing U.S. ambassador Thomas Pickering gave a farewell speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow. He was...
The Talkies: Britwits
Bowman, James
"The Talkies: Britwits" by James Bowman Britwits Recently, a black Briton, writing in the Washington Post, said that the only advantage he could see in being British was that his black American cousins...
The Strange Deaths of President Harding
Ferrell, Robert H.
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "The Strange Deaths of President Harding" Resurrecting Harding The Strange Deaths of President Harding Robert H. Ferrell University ofMissouri Press 208 pages /$24.95 REVIEWED BY Florence King The parallels are...
The Inheritance
Freedman, Samuel G.
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "The Inheritance" Harding "a third-rate political wheel-horse, with the face of a moving-picture actor, the intelligence of a respectable agricultural implement dealer, and the imagination of a lodge...
Slouching Towards Gomorrah/Forbidden Knowledge
Bork, Robert H.; Shattuck, Roger
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Slouching Towards Gomorrah/Forbidden Knowledge" and "What did you do?" into Polish are particularly egregious), it is an honest, earnest, and sympathetic portrait of a group of Americans who, for the past three decades, have been mocked as racist...
James Stewart
Dewey, Donald
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "James Stewart" able human selfishness and malevolence." With the failure of these controls, "we are still groping for some kind of commonsense oversight." Like Bork, however, Shattuck can come up with nothing...
My Other Life
Theroux, Paul
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "My Other Life" Paul Theroux: Many Masks, But Only One Life to Live My Other Life Paul Theroux Houghton Mifflin /456 pages / $24.95 REVIEWED BY M.D.Carnegie Uncle Hal hoards samovars and fish jaws, chomps...
Freedom Betrayed
Ledeen, Michael A.
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Freedom Betrayed" What Happened to the Great Democratic Revolution? He shrugged, and his deliberate snort, using both nostrils, meant, Of course. "Fascinating place." He shrugged again. This was a man who knew how...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
"Current Wisdom" San Antonio Express-News On the correspondence page of a great gazette George Stephanopoulos's dirty tricksters strike: Never in my 79 years have I been more...
Last Call: Anti-Communist, Anti-Neocon
Shattan, Joseph
"Last Call: Anti-Communist, Anti-Neocon" by Joseph Shattan Anti-Communist, Anti-Neocon ALTHOUGH DIANA TRILLING, who died on October 23 at the age of 91, was best known as the wife of the great...
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