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Vol. 030 Issue 009 (September 1 1997)
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The Continuing Crisis
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS Drudgery; how beautiful, America? The weiners are... 0 O July passed with blue skies overhead and Washington resplendent in sunshine. A couch was found on Mars and is being...
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Correspondence: Jim Hall's TWA 800, Cavilliana & c.
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CORRESPONDENCE For Ben Just two words about Ben Stein's Diary entitled "My Mom" (TAS, July 1997): profoundly moving. Thanks Ben, and God Bless You. -RICHARD P. O'BRIEN, M.D. Scranton,...
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On the Prowl
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ON THE PROWL Shady Lady White House reporters who accompanied the First Family on its recent European tour to Spain, Romania, and Poland couldn't help but notice that the First Lady was...
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Editorials: Feeling the Pressure / My Kind of Capitalist
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Feeling the Pressure Could anyone explain to me why I have been receiving so many reports of pressure being placed on persons who have been...
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Capitol Ideas: Two Jeers for Democracy
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Bethell, Tom
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CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell Two Jeers for Democracy The inability of elected governments to reduce the level of their spending, not just in Washington but all over the Western world, must at...
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Insanity or Vanity? The Case Against Lawrence Wlash
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Brock, David
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INSANITY OR VANITY? THE CASE AGAINST LAWRENCE WALSH BY DAVID BROCK ANGRY, VINDICTIVE, AND FLAT-OUT WRONG, THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL WHO INVESTIGATED IRAN-CONTRA REMAINS THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR...
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The Clintons' Brewing Micro-Scandal
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York, Byron
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HILLARY'S FAVORITE PLAN TO HELP THE POOR SOUNDS LIKE PURE COMPASSION. BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU'LL FIND FUNNY MONEY, FRIENDLY BANKS, CLINTON CRONIES— AND ANOTHER SCANDAL ABOUT TO BLOW. BY...
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My Empire
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McGurn, William
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MV EMPIRE HONG KONG IS NO LONGER A BRITISH COLONY. BUT THIS GREATEST OF CHINESE CITIES REFLECTED THE BEST THE BRITISH HAD TO OFFER—AND THE DESIRE OF ITS PEOPLE TO LIVE FREELY. BY WILLIAM...
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Culture Vultures: Boy Martian
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Steyn, Mark
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CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn Boy Martian he White House counsel, Charles T F.C. Ruff, couldn't have been clearer: the use of President Clinton's "image and words" in the Jodie Foster...
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Constitutional Opinions: Supreme Religious Revival
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Rabkin, Jeremy
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CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS by Jeremy Rabkin Supreme Religious Revival The Supreme Court provoked renewed mutterings about "judicial activism" when it struck down three different pieces of...
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Ben Stein's Diary: it's Only my Money
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein It's Only My Money Sunday T o begin late at night, it's been an incredible struggle making our 9year-old son and his visiting iz-yearold best pal from...
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Spectator's Journal: A New Lasater Connection
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Adams, Jams Ring
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SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL by James Ring Adams A New Lasater Connection T he suspension of the Kansas City Three stands out in the long list of administration efforts to stymie the Whitewater...
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The Nation's Pulse: Hang Down Your Head
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Chapman, Stepehen
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THE NATION'S PULSE by Stephen Chapman Hang Down Your Head 0 ne unnoticed sign of the decline of American civilization is the death of the killing song. Anyone who was around in the 1950's can...
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Politics: A Renegotiated Contract
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Norquist, Grover G.
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POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist A Renegotiated Contract W bile most of Washington concerns itself with the palace intrigue directed against Newt Gingrich, the speaker himself has been thinking...
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Letter From London: Tony's Rockin' Guitar
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Carnegie, Marc
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LETTER FROM LONDON by Marc Carnegie Tony's Rockin' Guitar The best thing about limousine liberalism is always the limousine. Not even three months into Britain's first Labour government in a...
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The Talkies: Loonie Tunes
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Bowman, James
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THE TALKIES by James Bowman Loonie Tunes N ear the beginning of Operation Condor, Jackie Chan is recruited by the American ambassador to Spain, acting on behalf of "the United Nations," to find a...
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The Colonel
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Smith, Richard Norton
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BOOKS IN REVIEW A Colonel of Truth The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick Richard Norton Smith Houghton Mifflin / 597 pages / $35 REVIEWED BY Andrew Ferguson al he last of...
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News of a Kidnapping
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Márquez, Gabriel García
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Give This Lefty Magic Realist a Pulitzer! News of a Kidnapping Gabriel Garcia Mcirquez Knopf / 291 pages / $25 REVIEWED BY Francis X. Rocca I magine John Gotti abducting Maria Shriver, Donald...
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Full Circle
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Sikorski, Radek
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Full Circle: A Homecoming to Free Poland Radek Sikorski Simon and Schuster / 276 pages / $24 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan R adek Sikorski is one of those rare individuals with a knack for being...
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The Excuse Factory
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Olson, Walter K.
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The Excuse Factory: How Employment Law Is Paralyzing the American Workplace Walter K. Olson Free Press / 378 pages / $25 REVIEWED BY Matthew Scully The latest landmark in employment law,...
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Just As I Am
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Graham, Billy
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Just As 1Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham Billy Graham HarperSanFrancisco /76o pages / $28.5o REVIEWED BY David Aikman I f congressional investigators into White House sleep-overs ever...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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CURRENT WISDOM Wall Street Journal The stately process of Al Hunt's mind. Three-and-one-half years after the famed Troopergate stories Al becomes a believer, though only apparently because "top...
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Last Call: Diplomatic Immunity
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Stevenson, Matthew
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LAST CALL by Matthew Stevenson Diplomatic Immunity A S AN AMERICAN RAISING CHILDREN in a Swiss village near Geneva, I often worry about their sentimental education. They go to Swiss schools,...
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