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IssueVol. 030 Issue 007 (July 1 1997)
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Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleCorrespondence
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...
Paid articleOn 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...
Paid articleEditorials: 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...
Paid articleCapitol 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...
Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleWhat 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...
Paid articleCulture 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...
Paid articlePresswatch: 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...
Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleEminentoes: 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...
Paid articleBen 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...
Paid articleSpectator'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...
Paid articlePolitics: 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...
Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleThe 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...
Paid articleWhatever 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...
Paid articleWithout 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...
Paid articlePromised 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...
Paid articleJohn 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,...
Paid articleResurrection
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;...
Paid articleReassessing 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...
Paid articleCurrent 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...
Paid articleLast 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...
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