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Vol. 033 Issue 001 (February 1 2000)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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The Continuing Crisis
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Putin on the Ritz; Bondi Beach bonds; she's leaving home December 1999 evanesced into a new month, a new year, a new century, and a new millennium. Talk about heavy lifting! On December...
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Correspondence: Republicrats, Ben's father &c.
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It's Never Too Late So sorry ("Books for Christmas," TAS, December :999/January 2ooo). Your request was buried under some other mail and just discovered by an intrepid team of paleontologists....
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On the Prowl
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Watts the DeLay? House Republican conference chairman J.C. Watts has told a number of close advisers that he wants out of the House. In early December, though, Watts denied reports...
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Public Nuisances: It Takes an Einstein/Grotesqueries
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. It Takes an Einstein Time magazine's m e r e t r i c i o u s choice of Albert Einstein as "Person of the Century" is but another reminder of the essential...
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Capitol Ideas: Raising McCain
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Bethell, Tom
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by Tom Bethell Raising McCain Why all the liberal interest in a "conservative"? A few words on the news media's incessant doting on John McCain. George Will called it the "third great love...
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Taking Aim at Mr. Smith
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York, Byron
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t was one of those abrupt Tim Russert maneuvers designed to keep guests of "Meet the Press" on their toes. Last summer Russert was questioning Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott about the...
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Courting the Future
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Eastland, Terry
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THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD PACK THE COURTS. THAT'S WHY JUDICIAL SELECTION IS THE SLEEPER ISSUE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. B Y T IZ R R Y E A S T L A N D P n early December, the National...
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Election 2000: What's at Stake?
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GEORGE WEIGEL What is at stake in the election of 2ooo is nothing less than the cleansing of the Aegean stables of our politics after the past two presidential terms. Whatever President Clinton...
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Answers That Blow in the Wind
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Corry, John
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Democrat will get at least 4 o percent of the vote in the residential election; a Republican will get that much, too. Unless the Reform Party entices Colin Powell, say, or the Democrats nominate...
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Culture Vultures: Retort From New Hampshire
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Steyn, Mark
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by Mar k Steyn Retort From New Hampshire Dubya connects while McCain imitates Fred Tuttle. W r e were at the Elks Lodge in Littleton and George Dubya Bush was working our table. And...
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Eminentoes: The Key to Alan Keyes
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Mason, Jackie; Felder, Raoul
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by Jackie Mason and Raoul Felder The Key to Alan Keyes People love him so much they give him no support. A lan Keyes is the object of more love, more devotion, more respect, awe, and...
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The Campaign Spectator: A Select Few
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Killian, Linda
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by Linda Killian A Select Few Who in Congress is backing John McCain? M oney and endorsements don't always guarantee success in politics-but they sure help. They didn't help Bob Dole win the...
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Ben Stein's Diary: Love at First Bite
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Stein, Benjamin J.
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by Benjamin J. Stein Love at First Bite Wednesday L et me tell you about a truly terrible day. It actually begins about two and a half years ago. I had just finished doing my second season of...
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Spectator's Journal: Memory Lapse
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Karatnycky, Adrian
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by Adrian Karatnycky Memory Lapse Missing the meaning of the fall of Communism. T he tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall--the most dramatic symbol of the collapse of Communist...
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The Public Policy: Clinton Trashes Trade
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Bovard, James
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by James Bovard Clinton Trashes Trade Seattle was merely his most visible protectionist moment. p resident Clinton's pretenses of being a free-trader exploded in flames in Seattle last...
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Politics: Replaying the Last Election
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Norquist, Grover G.
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by Grover G. Norquist Replaying the Last Election Off-year bouts that set the stage for 2000's main event. T he last off-year elections of the millennium--particularly in Virginia,...
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The Talkies: Stolen Time
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Bowman, James
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by James Bowman Stolen Time The more predictable the message, the longer the movie. T his year's Christmas movies were all mediocre at best and nearly all way too long. Movie after movie,...
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The America We Deserve
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Trump, Donald J.; Shiflett, Dave
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Trump's No Chump The America We Deserve Donald J. Trump with Dave Shiflett Renaissance Books /286 pages /$z4.95 REVIEWED BY Dave S h i f l e t t Editors' note: No, your eyes aren't...
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The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
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Valiunas, Algis
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himself at the end of his book, and promises an answer in February or March, insisting he will run only if he becomes convinced he can win. If this reviewer might offer a personal...
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
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Sowell, Thomas
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Tocquevillian Sowell The Quest for Cosmic Justice Thomas Sowell Free Press /214 pages /$25 REVIEWED BY Joseph Shattan ~ n his classic work, Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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The Nation Rustic drolleries from Miss Molly Ivins, America's most widely published semiliterate: Every now and again Shrub W. Bush will stop you faster than pullin' on the whoa reins. You...
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Last Call: Borderline Insanity
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Rocca, Francis X.
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Borderline Insanity by Francis X. Rocca THE HARDEST THING ABOUT getting into Britain, in my experience, is walking the inhumanely long distances around Heathrow. No one has ever searched my...
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