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 Vol. 030 Issue 002 (February 1 1997)
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 The Continuing Crisis
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS Teacher's dirty tricks; a special pill; the Iceberg problem December marked the end of 1996 and brought us closer to the second inauguration of the Clintons. And more...
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Correspondence: First Things, Gary Aldrich &c.
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CORRESPONDENCE Pass Key Byron York never mentions it ("Fast Times at White House High," TAS, November 1996), but the conclusion seems obvious: Bill Clinton would never have qualified for a...
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On the Prowl
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ON THE PROWL Secret Agent Mag Last month's American Spectator cover story on David Watkins's Clinton recollections was widely disseminated among the Secret Service not only in Washington, but also...
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Editorials: Banes of Existence / Integrity, Anyone?
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Banes of Existence Last December there must have been moments when House Speaker Newt Gingrich wished that he simply did not exist. At some chill...
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Capitol Ideas: Losing the War
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Bethell, Tom
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CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell Losing the War L ast month I noted that the left is winning the cultural war. Every year they advance a little, and nothing is ever rolled back. The Brezhnev Doctrine...
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Six Degrees of William Cohen
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York, Byron
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,i5,34, 25egrees il tiNtimft eMen hen Bill Clinton stopped in Thailand during his post-election tour of the Far East, his hosts turned the visit into an extravagant photo-op. Thousands of...
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Do You See What I See?
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RingAdams, James
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h0 YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? by James Ring Adams he Indomoney scandal is showing the jewel of the post-Watergate political clean-up—campaign finance reform—to be a complete and utter failure. A law...
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Death in Venison
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Norman, Geoffrey
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441111 in Ulir" There's a Bambi crisis in Rmerica. White-tail deer are more numerous than ever before—so abundant, in fact, that thetlue become a suburban nuisance and a health hazard. Why...
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The Error of Big Government
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Bovard, Jaynes
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error 0 of Big Government l•Z ow By James Bovard n his 1996 State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton announced that "the era of Big Government is over." In the same speech, Clinton...
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Culture Vultures: The Michael Mouse Club
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Steyn, Mark
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CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn The Michael Mouse Club Once upon a time, glossy magazines used to write about films and their stars; now, increasingly, they prefer to salivate over a handful of...
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Presswatch: Hear Her Roar
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Corry, John
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PRES SWATCH by John Corry Hear Her Roar W ho is Madeleine? What is she? An inspired choice as secretary of state, according to the president; a very feminine woman, but one with cojones,...
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The Public Policy: Framing Texaco
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Olson, Walter
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THE PUBLIC POLICY by Walter Olson Framing Texaco I t happened that the New York Times broke the Texaco tapes scandal the same week West Coast voters passed the California Civil Rights Initiative,...
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Spectator's Journal: Slavery in Our Time
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Aikman, David
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SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL by David Aikman Slavery in Our Time Slavery. The very word has an ugly feel to it. For one thing, it reminds us of a blot on our own history that was removed only at horrific...
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Ben Stein's Diary: Life on a Merry-Go-Round
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein Life on a Merry-Go-Round Friday I t's my birthday. I am 5z. I awakened and went to el computador to see who had e-mailed me. E-mailing has become a big...
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Politics: 2000 Dollars
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Norquist, Grover G.
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POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist 2000 Dollars I t's rare these days to see GOP incumbents campaigning only for themselves. In 1994, after then—Republican whip Newt Gingrich announced that members...
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The Talkies: Sexual Performances
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Bowman, James
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THE TALKIES by James Bowman Sexual Performances he old year ended and the new T year began with a sudden spate of films about wildly, cringe-makingly inappropriate sexual relationships....
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Radical Son
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Horowitz, David
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BOOKS IN REVIEW All's Left With the World Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey David Horowitz Free Press /464 pages /$27.50 REVIEWED BY Mark Falcoff About a dozen years ago I received a phone...
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Olives
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Rosenblum, Mort
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Pit Stop Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit Mort Rosenblum North Point Press I 3.r6 pages I $25 REVIEWED BY Joe Queenan T en years ago, International Herald Tribune editor Mort...
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The Dictionary of Global Culture
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis Jr.
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JThe Dictionary of Global Culture Edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alfred A. Knopf 7i7 pages / $35 REVIEWED BY Marc Carnegie I n 1990 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was called...
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Nehru
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Wolpert, Stanley
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The English Gentleman Who Came to Ruin India Nehru: A Tryst With Destiny Stanley Wolpert Oxford University Press 546 pages / $35 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan H ad he been allowed to pursue the...
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Bad Land
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Raban, Jonathan
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Bad Land: An American Romance Jonathan Raban Pantheon /324 pages / $25 REVIEWED BY Rex Roberts j onathan Raban came looking for America at age 47, pulling up stakes in his native England to...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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CURRENT WISDOM The Nation A comforting advertisement found in the books section of America's foremost magazine of liberal progress: SPANKING Do you have spanking fantasies? We do: hundreds, and...
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Last Call: Scout's Honor
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Tucker, William
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LAST CALL by William Tucker Scout's Honor A FEW SATURDAYS AGO, the Cub Scout pack I run in Brooklyn helped serve lunch at a homeless shelter. One of the first men in line was a bug-eyed...
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