1960s
|
|
1970s
|
|
1980s
|
|
1990s
|
1990
|
|
1991
|
|
1992
|
|
1993
|
|
1994
|
|
1995
|
|
1996
|
|
1997
|
|
January
|
|
February
|
|
March
|
|
April
|
|
May
|
|
June
|
|
July
|
Vol. 030 Issue 007 (July 1 1997)
|
|
••Cover Page••
|
|
••Contents••
|
The Continuing Crisis
|
|
|
|
THE CONTINUING CRISIS Brighter shades of pale; throw-weights; Mobutu to you May Was way cool, depriving the northern reaches of any semblance of spring while giving Washington a deluxe taste of...
|
|
Correspondence
|
|
|
|
CORRESPONDENCE Success Story I have subscribed to The American Spectator for many years and have always enjoyed it. But lately it seems as though the magazine is providing even more useful...
|
|
On the Prowl
|
|
|
|
0 N THE PROWL Paved With Good Intentions On his recent Central America trip, Bill Clinton visited Costa Rica's Braulio Carrillo National Park, a government-protected rain forest that had been...
|
|
Editorials: President Peach Bottom / Budget Summit Over Dinner
|
|
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
|
|
EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. President Peach Bottom The famed nineteenth-century American historian John Bach McMaster notes early in his History ofthe People ofthe United...
|
|
Capitol Ideas: Our Meter Maid Military
|
|
Bethell, Tom
|
|
CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell Our Meter Maid Military I t was not hard to foresee that the U.S. military would come a cropper after the Cold War. The institutions and service academies were left...
|
|
The Privilege of Being Hillary
|
|
York, Byron
|
|
n May 23, 1991, George Bush's White House counsel, C. Boyden Gray, sat in a conference room on the third floor of the Old Executive Office Building. He was there to answer questions from...
|
|
The Dissent of Flight 800
|
|
II, John B. Roberts
|
|
30 THE DISUNT OF FLIGHT SOO When he was putting together his White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security late last July, after the explosion of TWA 800, Bill Clinton took the...
|
|
What Jean Lewis Knows
|
|
Adams, James Ring
|
|
What ed 11.Knows ewes THEY BECAME FAMOUS AS THE KANSAS CITY THREE: JEAN LEWIS, A REPUBLICAN, AND HER TWO SUPERVISORS, BOTH DEMOCRATS, WHO WERE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR DARING TO...
|
|
Culture Vultures: Like a Complete Unknown
|
|
Steyn, Mark
|
|
CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn Like a Complete Unknown, was driving along a few weeks ago I when I hit a frost heave and the radio jumped to a station playing "Like a Rolling Stone." I hadn't...
|
|
Presswatch: Flinn-Flam
|
|
Corry, John
|
|
P RESSWATCH by John Corry Flinn-Flam W hat happened was this: Flaxen-haired, Dutch-boy bobbed Lt. Kelly Flinn had a couple of quickies with an enlisted man, and then an affair with a creepy...
|
|
The Nation's Pulse: Monumental Ignorance
|
|
Terzian, Philip
|
|
THE NATION'S PULSE by Philip Terzian Monumental Ignorance W ash ington, the city of grand boulevards and soaring monuments to nonentities, has just welcomed into its midst a new memorial —bigger...
|
|
Eminentoes: Tony Blair: He's No Clinton Clone
|
|
Aikman, David
|
|
EMINENTOES by David Aikman He's No Clinton Clone The verdict is already in: Tony Blair is a sort of Limey clone of Bill Clinton, a fellow who intuitively seeks the political center, is...
|
|
Ben Stein's Diary: My Mom
|
|
Stein, Benjamin J.
|
|
BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein My Mom Monday The worst day of my life. I awoke early for me, about 8 a.m., to get ready to go to New York City to speak at the annual dinner of the...
|
|
Spectator's Journal: An Asian Wyoming
|
|
Brown, Nate Brown with MaeCile
|
|
by Nate Brown with MaeCile Brown An Asian Wyoming Mongolia, the second count?), in the world to go Communist, threw out the Marxist parliamentary majority last year in possibly the most sweeping...
|
|
Politics: A Day to Remember
|
|
Norquist, Grover G.
|
|
POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist A Day to Remember May 13 wasn't a bad day to be a Republican. That morning, Florida State Rep. Sandra Murman became the 256th Democratic officeholder in America to...
|
|
The New York Spectator: Moving On Up
|
|
Tucker, William
|
|
THE NEW YORK SPECTATOR by William Tucker Moving On Up eople who should know say that p New York City's rent control administration compares favorably with other confiscatory, Third World...
|
|
The Talkies: The Powers That Be
|
|
Bowman, James
|
|
THE TALKIES by James Bowman The Powers That Be I f you were, like the hero of Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, a British secret agent suddenly transplanted from "swinging" London in...
|
|
Whatever It Takes
|
|
Drew, Elizabeth
|
|
BOOKS IN REVIEW Drew's New Washington Whatever It Takes: The Real Struggle for Political Power in America Elizabeth Drew Viking 1294 pages / $24.95 REVIEWED BY John H. Fund E very four years...
|
|
Without a Doubt
|
|
Carpenter, Marcia Clark with Teresa
|
|
The John Elway of Criminal Prosecutors Without a Doubt Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter Doubleday /502 pages / $25.95 REVIEWED BY Joe Queenan One of the great things about professional...
|
|
Promised Land, Crusader State
|
|
McDougall, Walter A.
|
|
Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter With the World Since 1776 WalterA. McDougall Houghton Mifflin / 286 pages / $26 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan A ccording to Pulitzer...
|
|
John Wayne's America
|
|
Wills, Garry
|
|
Still America's All-Time Favorite Movie Star John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity Garry Wills Simon & Schuster 38o pages $26 REVIEWED BY John R. Dunlap At Ft. Lewis, Washington,...
|
|
Resurrection
|
|
Remnick, David
|
|
Resurrection: The Struggle fora New Russia David Remnick Random House 1398 pages / $25.95 REVIEWED BY Adrian Karatnycky R ussia is a kingdom of bespridel: a place without rules, without limits;...
|
|
Reassessing the Sixties
|
|
Ed., Stephen Macedo
|
|
Reassessing the Sixties: Debating the Political and Cultural Legacy Edited by Stephen Macedo W.W. Norton / 297 pages / $25 REVIEWED BY Roger Kimball I t is one of the central ironies of our time...
|
|
Current Wisdom
|
|
Jackasses, Assorted
|
|
CURRENT WISDOM The Hill The successful bullying of the Fourth Estate by one of Congress's most tiresome plaintiffs, the Hon. Waxman: To the Editor: On your April 23 "Open Secrets" page, you...
|
|
Last Call: Read This
|
|
Carnegie, Marc
|
|
LAST CALL by Marc Carnegie Read This N APOLEON SAID THAT IT WAS JUST a short step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but I don't remember him letting on what comes after that. What could the...
|
|
August
|
|
September
|
|
October
|
|
November
|
|
December
|
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
|
2000s
|
|
2010s
|
|
2020s
|
|