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Vol. 031 Issue 008 (August 1 1998)
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••Cover Page••
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The Continuing Crisis
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS The Brill is gone; Al Gore goes missing; President Loco June passed from the calendar and with it two promising American journalists, both exposed as fabricators. The month...
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Correspondence
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CORRESPONDENCE Ach So! Subject: the style of your magazine. Is this what the Americans call an independent journalism? I hope this kind of newspapers will never come over Europe! -RAINER...
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On the Prowl
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ON THE PROWL Haley to the Chief Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott has so far refused to comment on speculation that he might run for the Republican presidential nomination, insisting he's even...
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Editorials: Every body Knows / All Is Vanity
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett
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EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Everybody Knows When will the Boy President's ratings in the polls match his performance in office? This is one of those rare moments in modern American...
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Capitol Ideas: Hot Property
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Bethell, Tom
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CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell Hot Property T he book that I have been working on for years should now be available, although the official date is early August. It's about property, broadly...
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Vermont's Class Act
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Norman, Geoffrey
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VERMONT'S The Green Mountain State is looking pink these days, thanks to Act 60, which robs towns of their autonomy and parents of the power to fund their children's education. The results...
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Whose Problem Is 2000?
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II, John Roberts
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WHOSE PROBLEM IS 2000? Unable to process the next millenium, computers threaten to bring the international economy crashing down with them. And government is still not responding adequately....
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McDougal's Memoir Lapses
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Adams, James Ring
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MCDOUGAL'S m~ir Lapses ADAM Colorful, exasperating, and difficult to trust, James McDougal started off the Clinton scandals with his revelations six years ago. His posthumously...
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NASA's Russian Payload
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Oberg, James
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HMSII'S A partnership conceived for diplomatic—not scientific—purposes is hindering space RUSSIAN research while putting U.S. tax dollars into the pockets of corrupt Russians. PHYLOM JAMES...
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Culture Vultures: Hooligans of Leisure
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Steyn, Mark
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CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn Hooligans of Leisure p at Buchanan is an engaging fellow, but he was never more wrong than in his observation, apropos immigration a few years back, that obviously...
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Presswatch: Strange Last Respects
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Corry, John
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PRESSWATCH by John Corry Strange Last Respects B arry, we hardly knew ye. It seemed you had changed so much. When you died, any number of folks on the other side said they admired you, even...
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Constitutional Opinions: The Big Shrug
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Rabkin, Jeremy
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CONSTITUTIONAL OPINIONS by Jeremy Rabkin The Big Shrug A merica needs to do some soul-searching. Whether President Clinton finally drags his sorry administration to the end of its natural term or...
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Ben Stein's Diary: Time After Time
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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BEN STEIN'S DIARY by Benjamin J. Stein Time After Time Monday M y cable TV service is broken again, right after getting "fixed" and working for all of twelve hours, and it's making me think some...
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Dan Gore
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York, Byron
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EMINENTOES by Byron York Dan Gore I t was a scene that would become a favorite among aficionados of Al Gore's frequent but often underreported verbal bloopers. On Sunday, January 17, 1993, just...
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Bush-whipped
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Dealey, Sam
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THE CAMPAIGN SPECTATOR by Sam Dealey Bush-whipped T he biennial Texas state Republican convention has a reputation for being a rough-and-tumble, downand-dirty, good or fashioned political...
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Big Labor Buys Some Time
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Norquist, Grover G.
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POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist Big Labor Buys Some Time I n 1996, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney announced plans to spend $35 million to win back the House of Representatives for the Democratic...
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Who's the Enemy
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Bowman, James
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THE TALKIES by James Bowman Who's the Enemy? M any readers of The American Spectator may be among those conservatives who are given to loud insistence that America is in the grip of a "culture...
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Kenneth Tynan Letters
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Tynan, Kathleen
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BOOKS IN REVIEW It's Not So Easy to Criticize Kenneth Tynan Letters Edited by Kathleen Tynan Random House / 665 pages / $30 REVIEWED BY John Simon K enneth Tynan was a splendid critic and a...
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No-Fault Politics
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McCarthy, Eugene; ed., Keith C. Burris
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Clean Gene: The Forgotten Hero of 1968 No-Fault Politics: Modern Presidents, the Press, and Reformers Eugene McCarthy Edited by Keith C. Burris Times Books / 273 pages / $25 REVIEWED...
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Maybe One
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McKibben, Bill
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presidency, three of them without an intervening election. This historical shallowness shows itself again when McCarthy recalls the 1968 Chicago Democratic convention, which became infamous for the...
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The Dying President
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Ferrell, Robert H.
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r MOVING? TAS Address Changes Made Easy! 1. Please write your new address in the space provided. 2. Attach the mailing label from your most recent issue. 3. Return this form to us at the...
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Harvey Keitel
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Fine, Marshall
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no shape to assume the burdens of the presidency for another term, yet terrified of leaving the White House since that would mean being cooped up with Eleanor for the rest of his life—is...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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CURRENT WISDOM Washington Times Washington's most illustrious daily publishes a memo from White House hit man Paul Begala to White House hit man James Carville, wherein the fellows tender their...
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Last Call: The Out-of-Town Fan
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Eastland, Terry
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LAST CALL by Terry Eastland The Out-of-Town Fan M ONTHS AGO, WHEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL scheduled the Atlanta Braves in Yankee Stadium for a two-game series, I decided to arrange my own schedule...
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