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Vol. 032 Issue 012 (December 1 1999)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS The big ban; Anti-Stuckism; a hundred pounds of plastic In Washington, October again became a true Oktoberfest for elected officials. Our President and the Congress conspired...
Correspondence: Comedy, Canal, Kirkland &c.
CORRESPONDENCE The King of Comedy Congratulations on adding Jackie Mason to your cast. My subscription is now secure for well into the next century. Several years ago I saw Mr. Mason's show and,...
On the Prowl
ION THE PROWL 0 0 O Money Talks Since early October, House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt has been meeting with Washington lobbyists for corporations and business groups. While the lobbyists...
Special Editorial: The Future Is Ours to See
Tyrell, R. Emmett Jr.
SPECIAL EDITORIAL by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The Future Is Ours to See With the twentieth century at our backs and the first presidential election campaign of the new millennium...
Capitol Ideas: The Evolution Wars
Bethell, Tom
CAPITOL IDEAS by Tom Bethell The Evolution Wars T he conference "Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe," sponsored by the Wethersfield Institute, was held at the great hall of Cooper...
President Gore
York, Byron
C 0 B ill Carrick was tired and frustrated. It was the eve of the 1988 Iowa caucuses and Carrick, campaign manager for Rep. Richard Gephardt, was angry at one of Gephardt's Democratic rivals....
The Bunker Millennium
Shiflett, Dave
"BUNKER MILLENNIUM \ 1.;( !UV.' , i [11111 11 iiH iIII; L. (:()Hcgc 11)1)11!)1)Ii )6; 611clii ')6,1-(111-) (if 11 1 ti Nk [')( (k(, ,1,;(' 11() )H1C-1 ) 51 fr16i,L'61. isI u-riter 17:...
Darwin's Hostages
Behe, Michael J.
Darwin's Hostages A decision in Kansas to question evolution dogma has given rise to hysteria and intolerance. MICHAEL J. BEHE 1 n 1995 the National Academy of Sciences, through its National...
Speaking for Himself
Grosman, Edward
SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF i d anc the Disdp)edi inns is silent on why Christians like himself orld. EDWARD GROSSMAN . :.., k,in 0 ' ..... ' . ..V'.-.."''..`:...4,- ........ —......— _...„)...
Books for Christmas
OKS RISTMAS Our annual list of holiday gift suggestions from distinguished readers and writers, GEORGE ALLEN Thomas Jefferson, Writings, edited by Merrill D. Peterson. I have given hundreds of...
Unborn Again Bill Bradley
Sperry, Paul
Bill Iff how me the way not to fortune and fame," S starts one of Bill Bradley's favorite poems. "Not how to win laurels and praise for my name, but the way to know the great story that Thine...
Culture Vultures: Vive Quebec Libre!
Steyn, Mark
CULTURE VULTURES by Mark Steyn Vive Quebec Libre! S o I'm watching TV and a gaunt, minimally made-up woman comes on, in grainy black and white. She was nine months pregnant, she says, when her...
Presswatch: Fortunate Hoax
Corry, John
PRESSWATCH by John Corry Fortunate Hoax that Hatfield had credentials. AccordThis Hatfield proved to be a real McCoy. ing to his publisher, he was a "syndicated columnist," who had written for...
Constitutional Opinions: Federalism vs. Feminism
Rabkin, Jeremy
CONST 1 TUTIONAL OP 1 N 1 ONS by Jeremy Rabkin Federalism vs. Feminism 0 ctober was "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month." You didn't notice? Perhaps that's because the White House did not...
Ben Stein's Diary: Postmortem
Stein, Benjamin J.
BEN STEIN'S DIARY' by Benjamin J. Stein Postmortem 'Wednesday A ccording to Jewish law and custom, the dead must be buried almost immediately. Maybe this derives from the extreme heat and lack...
Spectator's Journal: Shoot the Messengers
Timmerman, Kenneth R.
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL by Kenneth R. Timmerman Shoot the Messengers T he Clinton administration has demoted at least four top analysts at the Central Intelligence Agency who raised alarms about...
The Public Policy: Toilets on the Potomac
Lieberman, Ben
THE PUBLIC POLICY by Ben Lieberman Toilets on the Potomac there strongest consumer backlash against We' not running out of water, but our commodes are. a product in recent years, and...
Eminentoes: Baltimore's Little Caesar
Schulz, Max
E NT OE 5 by Max Schulz Baltimore's Little Caesar Trial lawyer Peter Angelos wins (and loses) big time. p eter Angelos had a problem. The lawyer from Baltimore was making millions with his...
The Nation's Pulse: Waco Returns
Bovard, James
THE NATION'S PULSE. by James Bovard Waco Returns W hen the House hearings on Waco ended in August 1995, many Americans believed that the Justice Department, FBI, and Clinton administration had...
Politics: McCain's Big Backers
Norquist, Grover G.
POLITICS by Grover G. Norquist McCain's Big Backers T he establishment press has successfully focused our attention on the 557,186,658 Texas Governor George W. Bush raised in the first nine...
Among the Intellectualoids: That Listing Feeling
Vinciguerra, Thomas
AMO CTUA by Thomas Vinciguerra That Listing Feeling I t's official: I have reached "Top so, 25, so°, etc. List" overload. It was annoying enough when the American Film Institute issued its...
The Talkies: The New Vulgarity
Bowman, James
THE TALKIES by James Bowman The New Vulgarity R ecently, when Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York threatened to withdraw the city's subsidy from the Brooklyn Museum of Art over a gratuitous insult...
Dutch
Morris, Edmund
BOOKS IN REVIEW Neurotic Tittle-Tattle Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan Edmund Morris Random House / 874 pages / $35 REVIEWED BY Conrad Black As an acquaintance and long-standing admirer of...
Witness to Hope
Weigel, George
Authorized Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II George Weigel Cliff Street Books—HarperCollins 992 pages / $30 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan T here are several reasons why George...
Machiavelli on Modern Leadership
Ledeen, Michael A.
Hard Guy Discourse Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are as Timely and Important Today as Five Centuries Ago Michael A. Ledeen St. Martin's Press / 202 pages /...
Architects of Victory
Shattan, Joseph
and about the men he designates as architects, and worked with many of the participants. And what he's produced is terrific journalism, a highly readable book that should be as accessible to a mass...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM New York Times Book Review Moral equivalency as perceived by a reviewer of the new Reagan memoir for whom a cutie in the Oval Office is as momentous as a Cold War summit: His world...
Last Call: A Holiday of One's Own
Rocca, Francis X.
LAST CALL by Francis X. Rocca \ IL A\ ildrtn111111111 A Holiday of One's Own MY FAVORITE THANKSGIVING IS one I spent in London a few years back. The weather was gray, of course, though warmer...
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