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Vol. 031 Issue 005 (May 1 1998)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS Fly me to the moon; cabinet making; the Bait Shop Junta March entered like a lion and departed like a lioness—at least from the perspective of the White House. Thanks to the...
Correspondence: Taking Our Country Back &c.
announced her desire to be buried with her dogs when she turns room temperature. Though a prodigiously humane gesture, it is not unsurpassed. Bear in mind Britain's illustrious friend of the furry...
On the Prowl
ON THE PROWL Remember Al Gore? Things didn't go well for the sitting veep on what was considered a dry run campaign swing through California in March. Sticking to Southern California, Gore...
Editorials: The Latest Rubbish/Brock Groped
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The Latest Rubbish Is that the president of the United States making a six-nation tour of Africa? Or is it the president of the student body from a...
Capitol Ideas: California at the Polls
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell California at the Polls C alifornia illustrates the trend unintentionally set by campaign finance reform: More and more self-financed multimillionaires are running...
Byting the Hand That Feeds Us
Tucker, William
YUNG THE MAN THAT FEE'S lis , A By restricting the immigration of much-needed "information technology" workers, Dumbocrats in Washington are making the U.S. poorer and less competitive. • •...
Linda & John & Webb & Suzy
York, Byron
LIN DA , 1_ B Network newswoman Linda Douglass and her husband John were good friends with Webb and Suzy Hubbell. They dined, socialized, even vacationed in Greece together. Then Kenneth...
A New Day in the State of Puerto Rico
Corry, John
A NEW DAY IN THE STATE OF While Newt Gingrich and Frank Luntz toy with statehood for the island, its real business centers on its Democratic governor who is trying to put a Republican newspaper...
"Let's Get Together,"
Gold, Victor
"Let's Get Togedder" New Orleans Mayor-for-as-long-as-he-wants Marc Morial is giving new meaning to his city's long reform-resistant history. Selling out to casino interests is allowing...
The Once and Future Scandal
Adams, James Ring
his is the scenario for a by d pireOperans i disaster, World ally, ally On, Only say Superpower. erNpowerorth Af. This Africa, cohfari the World's campaign funding heartions Committee report...
Culture Vultures: In Search of Phil Clinton
Steyn, Mark
CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn In Search of Phil Clinton S o I went to the Multiplex and said I wanted to see the Clinton film. "Certainly, sir," said the sales clerk. "We have Wag the Dog,...
Presswatch: The Great Escape
Corry, John
What kind of pathetic answer is that, her critics demanded to know. If Absolute Power, directed by Clint Eastwood, is anything to go by, it's quite a sensible one. Absolute Power opens with a...
Spectator's Journal: As Good As It Gets
Karatnycky, Adrian
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL by Adrian Karatnycky As Good As It Gets As this millennium heads for an end, and with it our blood-drenched century, it is hard not to reflect on the world's seemingly...
Ben Stein's Diary: A Golden Age for Thugs
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein A Golden Age for Thugs Monday H ere I am cleaning up my son's room watching a talk show and they are talking about our time—to the effect that we are now...
The Hellhole Spectator: Orphans of the Cold War
Timmerman, Kenneth R.
THE HELLHOLE SPECTATOR by Kenneth R. Timmerman Orphans of the Cold War Islamabad, Pakistan I n the last decade of the Cold War, this desperately poor Muslim country of 14o million became the...
Constitutional Opinions: The Rule of Law Ten
Troy, Daniel E.
CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS by Daniel E. Troy The Rule of Law Ten T he law should be—and once was—an inherently conservative institution. The rule of law is fundamental to economic liberty and...
The Great American Saloon Series: Trouble in Eden
Bakshian, Aram Jr.
GREAT AMERICAN SALOONS by Aram Bakst/tan, Jr. Trouble in Eden I n its 120 years Washington's venerable Cosmos Club has seen a lot. Come to that, as one of its members for more than fifteen, so...
The Talkies: Travolta of the Masses
Bowman, James
THE TALKIES by James Bowman Travolta of the Masses T he key line in Mike Nichols's adaptation of Joe Klein's Primary Colors comes as Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta), hot on the trail of the...
Agent of Destiny
Eisenhower, John S.D.
BOOKS IN REVIEW Accidental and Forgotten Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott, John S.D. Eisenhower Free Press /464 pages /$27.50 REVIEWED BY Florence King A merica...
The Commanding Heights
Yergin, Daniel; Stanislaw, Joseph
Winfield Scott resigned from the Army in October 1861 and died in the hotel at West Point on June 1, 1866. He served fourteen presidents, thirteen of them as a general officer. A man who carried out...
Sleeping Where I Fall
Coyote, Peter
Peter Peyote's Astonishing Journey to Nowhere Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle Peter Coyote Counterpoint /368 pages / $26 REVIEWED BY Marc Carnegie I had never heard of Peter Coyote before...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM Time Monica Lewinsky— but another American victimized by child abuse, as revealed by her as yet unindicted lawyer, the incomparable William Ginsburg: "I was there at the beginning....
Last Call: Hold That Call
Rocca, Francis X.
LAST CALL by Francis X. Rocca Hold That Call E VERYBODY IN ITALY—AND I MEAN EVERYBODY—has a cell phone now. An unkempt woman in a Padua Laundromat mumbles that she's lost some change. Someone...
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