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Vol. 029 Issue 005 (May 1 1996)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS Spring snow, rushing rivers, and a guarded Mr. Abdul-Rauf March came in like a lion who stayed, dumping snow and ice and rain and sleet from Montana to Nebraska to Indiana to...
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE Defensive Secretary "The Peking Pentagon" (Kenneth R. Timmerman, TAS, April 1996) alleges that Defense Secretary Perry "made a fortune trading high-tech goods to an enemy." That...
On the Prowl
"On the Prowl" Powell Power Senator Bob Dole may make Colin Powell an offer he can't refuse. With opinion polls showing only a Dole-Powell ticket beating Clinton-Gore in November, Dole campaign...
Editorials: Dunce Dershowitz / Foreign Policy Flop
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Dunce Dershowitz I should like to congratulate a Mr. Phil Boyce, the program director of New York's talk radio station, WABC. The other day he eliminated from...
Capitol Ideas: Sex, Lies, and Kinsey
Bethell, Tom
"Capitol Ideas: Sex, Lies, and Kinsey" by Tom Bethell Sex, Lies, and Kinsey My survey (sample size: three) shows that the younger generation has not heard of the Kinsey report. For college students everywhere, then, I...
Why Nigeria?
Corry, John
"Why Nigeria?" Of the military regimes that have ruled Nigeria for twenty-five of its thirty-five years of independence, the current rule of Gen. Sani Abacha is indisputably the cruelest and most...
Bill's Cousin Cornelius?
Borders, Rebecca
"Bill's Cousin Cornelius?" NEW QUESTIONS EMERGE ABOUT A CURIOUS RELATIONSHIP AND ITS ROLE IN TRAVELGATE Was it a coincidence that the Travel Office fi took place s after a Time rep F er csa ask...
Blood Spin
Adams, James Ring
"Blood Spin" WHAT JAMES B. STEWART LEAVES OUT OF BLOOD SPORT, HIS LATEST BEST-SELLER 44 1 believe this to be a comprehensive account of these events," James B. Stewart writes in the prologue to...
Quota King
Eastland, Terry
"Quota King" INS California on his mind, he'll say he doesn't like racial preferences. Which hasn't kept him from growing the affirmative action state. by Terry Eastland In a speech in Monterey,...
Between East & West
Carnegie, M. D.
"Between East & West" BETWEEN EAST WEST Istanbul "Here comes one of the glue boys." Even though it's almost midnight, the moonlight reflected off the late-season snow illuminates the city like a medieval...
The Public Policy: Bill's Four-Star General
York, Byron
"The Public Policy: Bill's Four-Star General" by Byron York Bill's Four-Star General It was just another incident in the chaotic first months of the Clinton administration. A three-star army general, a decorated veteran of...
Culture Vultures: Everybody's Talking at Me
Steyn, Mark
CULTURE VULTURES by MARK STEYN Everybody's Talking at Me So there we were at Paramount Studios in Hollywood for a conference—Tom (Magnum) Selleck and Pat (Wheel of Fortune) Sajak and David (Kung...
Presswatch: Hissteria
Corry, John
"Presswatch: Hissteria" by John Corry Hissteria The Cold War was fought on many fronts before the West finally won it. Spies and traitors, fellow travelers and dupes, and rogues and scoundrels operated in...
Eminentoes: Zyuganov the Terrible
Aikman, David
"Eminentoes: Zyuganov the Terrible" by David Airman Zyuganov the Terrible It was at the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos in early February that Western politicians, business executives, bankers, and economists got their...
Spectator's Journal: Peace Terrorists
Shattan, Joseph
"Spectator's Journal: Peace Terrorists" by Joseph Shattan Peace Terrorists In early March, a series of deadly terrorist bombings killed 61 Israelis, bringing the death toll since Arafat and Rabin shook hands on the...
Ben Stein's Diary: Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Stein, Benjamin J.
"Ben Stein's Diary: Ping-Pong Diplomacy" by Benjamin J. Stein Ping-Pong Diplomacy Monday Rush, rush, rush over to Disney for a meeting to pitch a show. I met a startlingly alert young fellow named Rick and told him my...
Politics: The '96 Dream Team
Norquist, Grover G.
"Politics: The '96 Dream Team" by Grover G. Norquist The '96 Dream Team Months beforehand, House Republican leaders decided to make April 15 a turning point in the 1996 election year. They scheduled a vote for Tax Day...
The Citadel Spectator: The Pride of Charleston
Bernstein, Mark F.
"The Citadel Spectator: The Pride of Charleston" by Mark F. Bernstein The Pride of Charleston The century and a quarter since the end of the Civil War has not been kind to Charleston, South Carolina. Nestled in what is...
The Talkies: Hollywood Squares
Bowman, James
"The Talkies: Hollywood Squares" by James Bowman Ho11ywood Squares No sooner are we told of the advent of something called "Conservative Cool" than the Nation magazine informs us, in three-inch high letters on its...
The Road From Serfdom
Skidelsky, Robert
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "The Road From Serfdom" Keynes Meets Hayek The Road From Serfdom: The Economic and Political Consequences of the End of Communism Robert Skidelsky Allen Lane—Viking Penguin 214 pages / $26.95 REVIEWED...
Aging and Old Age
Posner, Richard A.
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Aging and Old Age" The Promethean Richard Posner Aging and Old Age Richard A Posner University of Chicago Press 384 pages / $29.95 REVIEWED BY Jeremy Rabkin ichard Posner is one of the intellectual phenomena...
Lewis Carroll
Cohen, Morton N.
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Lewis Carroll" Charles Dodgson Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll: A Biography Morton N. Cohen Alfred A. Knopf /577 pages /$35 REVIEWED BY George McCartney He was a shy math lecturer at Christ Church,...
From the Shadows
Gates, Robert M.
BOOKS IN REVIEW - "From the Shadows" Bill Casey's Discovery From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War Robert M. Gates Simon & Schuster / 6o8 pages / $27.50 REVIEWED BY Joseph...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
"Current Wisdom" Washington Monthly Recalling all that he has witnessed in his years of foreign travel, Sydney H. Schanberg proves again what has so long been noted about the American progressive,...
Last Call: Nobody's Perfect
Pleszczynski, Wladyslaw
"Last Call: Nobody's Perfect" by Wladyslaw Pleszczynski Nobody's Perfect LIKE ALL GREAT AMERICAN SPORTS metaphors, "March Madness" isn't simply about basketball anymore. In a typical recent...
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