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Vol. 031 Issue 001 (January 1 1998)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS Back in the USSR; seven is not enough; judge not ... "S: a 0 November gave way to December, the fifth consecutive such peaceful transition of the Clinton Era. Thank you,...
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE Getting the Picture As usual this month I was very happy to receive my new issue of The AmericanSpectator. The difference this month (October) was the unexpected surprise of finally...
On the Prowl
ON THE PROWL Hoarsing Around At public appearances in West Palm Beach and Jupiter, Florida, on October 31, the president introduced himself and then spoke for just a couple of minutes. Citing...
Editorials
Tyrrel, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Spinning Webb There are certain aptitudes duly associated with certain peoples. The French are bon vivants. The Italians are lovers. The Irish...
Capitol Ideas
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell Whose Country Is It? I spent a week in Jerusalem, and what an extraordinary city it is. My visit was arranged by the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political...
The Senator From MBNA
York, Byron
For years Joe Biden has preached the campaign finance reform gospel: Senator Big money corrupts politics. From So why is he getting so cozy with his home-state bank MBNA? MBNA BY BYRON YORK /...
Torricelli's Terrorist List Friends
Timmerman, Kenneth R.
Torr • Tern 1 ce obert Torricelli has never had a reputation for impeccable probity. During his stint on the House Intelligence Committee he was several times accused of...
UNSCOM's Scum of the Earth
Mylroie, Laurie; Adams, James Ring
UNSCOM'S SCUM OF THE EARTH This is one fiasco that can't be blamed on the United Nations. Because Commander in Chief Clinton failed to protect us from the start, Saddam Hussein now has...
Culture Vultures
Steyn, Mark
CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn Murphy Brownout N ineteen ninety-seven will always be remembered as the year Ellen came out of the closet, and so did Avery Brown. You remember Avery. Even in...
Presswatch
Corry, John
PRESSWATCH by John Corry Same Old Sy Hersh poor Seymour Hersh; hardly any respectable journalist will now praise him. It seems he shoots from the hip, makes wild surmises, and recycles old...
Constitutional Opinions
Eastland, Terry
CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS by Terry Eastland Lee Went Piscataway I t's hard to blame Sharon Taxman for taking the money, all $433,500 of it. Taxman is the white Piscataway, New Jersey high school...
The Public Policy
Bovard, James
THE PUBLIC POLICY by James Bovard Crimes on Paper A s Hosep Bajakajian was preparing to fly back to his native Syria in 1994, U.S. customs officials at Los Angeles Airport detained him. They...
Ben Stein's Diary
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIf by Benjamin J. Stein Memories Are Made of This Friday 41111110 ome on over, baby, / Whole lot of shakin' goin' on, / Come on over, baby, /We ain't fakin', / Whole lot of...
Letter from London
Carnegie, Marc
LETTER F ROM LONDON by Marc Carnegie You Gotta Have Heart if hate Americans," the man slurred at me in the pub, holding on to my lapels as much for balance as for menacing effect "You've got no...
Politics
Norquist, Grover G.
POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist Happy Days Are Here set events of November '97 have set the stage for Republicans to win enough House, Senate, and gubernatorial races in November '98 to secure...
Spectator's Journal
Croke, Bill
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL by Bill Croke A Pilgrim's Progress R eading Christopher Caldwell's admirable piece on contemporary Ireland ("Mary Robinson's New Ireland," TAS, November 1997) brought back...
The Talkies
Bowman, James
THE TALKIES by James Bowman Lovey Dovey M y more devoted readers may remember the praise I heaped upon Trevor Nunn's film version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in this space just over a year...
John Quincy Adams
King, Florence
BOOKS IN REVIEW A Thinking Man's President John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life Paul C. Nagel Knopf / /432 pages / $30 REVIEWED BY Florence King Our sixth President has long been...
The Secret Life of Bill Clinton
Novak, Robert D.
chamber and read them out one after another—including one to gag him. Was the Yankee congressman who once dreamed of being a literary gentleman of leisure on a Georgia plantation really so...
Taking Charge
Falcoff, Mark
Pritchard has nothing but contempt for the late, failed hearings chaired by Sen. Alfonse D'Amato. The author suggests that Clinton may escape "retribution" for all but the Paula Jones affair, which...
Polemical Papers
Kimball, Roger
orati of New York and Hollywood, and the elites of the publishing, artistic, and academic world, who recognize them as one of their own. Graduates of Yale Law, they have none of Johnson's hangups...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM Washington Post Fresh from accusing Jesse Helms of having "a brick for a brain," the gentle Richard Cohen proffers war stories of other hellish Republicans he has faced in the...
Last Call
LAST CALL from the Atkinson-Sterns To Our Friends All Over the World H APPY CHANUKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, Happy New Year, Joyous Kwaanza, and (to those of you in states, counties, and municipalities...
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