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Vol. 033 Issue 002 (March 1 2000)
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The Continuing Crisis
Whither Y2K? India's unique party; a cookie crumbles January 2000 passed without a hitch, despite dire vaticinations made about it even in these normally sober pages. No YzK calamity occurred!...
Correspondence: Hatch Act, Evolution & c.
Correction In my article "Shoot the Messenger" (T/KS, December 1999/January zooo), I saluted Dennis Fred Simon as one of three analysts who were demoted after they drafted a National...
On the Prowl
The People's Business In the days leading up to the New Year, President Clinton barred several Secret Service agents from the presidential residence while he and Hillary packed some of...
Public Nuisances: The Worst Book of the Year
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
Toobin's Vast Con Wins Coogler! by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. The Worst Book of the Year It is my pleasant duty to confer the J. Gordon Coogler Award for the Worst Book of 1999 to young Jeffrey...
Capitol Ideas: The Frenzy of Politics
Bethell, Tom
by Tom Bethell The Frenzy of Politics McCain wins Strange New Respect Award of Century. T he Bradley-Gore rivalry has unintentionally drawn attention to the sorry mess that is...
China's Search for Its Soul
Aikman, David
or a Chinese Communist regime that has prided itself on a materialist philosophy for half a century, the mid-January ceremony it orchestrated in Lhasa, Tibet, was not without irony. While...
Up in Smoke
York, Byron
ichard Scruggs didn't like what he was hearing. It was early 1996, and the Mississippi lawyer was working on state lawsuits that stood to win an enormous settlement-more than $24o billionom...
American Hayride
Gold, Victor
EDWARDS PLEADS INNOCENT IN FEDERAL FRAUD CASE EDWARDS GRAND JURY DELVES INTO NEW TERRAIN - - Headlines, autumn 1999, New Orleans Times-Picayune return home to Louisiana every year or so to...
Culture Vultures: Color Television
Steyn, Mark
by Mar k Steyn Color Television Brought to you in living black and white. ~ am, technically, an Irish-BelgianCanadian, so I know what it's like to be a minority in America. And, as...
Presswatch: Two-Bit Toobin
Corry, John
by John Corry Two-Bit Toobin Upper West Side shamelessness will get you everywhere. F irst things first: Early on in A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly...
Constitutional Opinions: Children Adrift
Rabkin, Jeremy
by Jeremy Rabkin Children Adrift Young Elidn's critics have no standing on family issues. R espectable opinion was adamant about the case of Eli~in Gonz~ilez, the six-year-old refugee who...
The Campaign Spectator: Southern Winds
Wyman, Hastings
by Hastings Wyman Southem Winds Black voters are changing Dixie politics. T he Republican evolution in the South, beginning with Strom Thurmond s Dixiecrat bolt from the Democratic Party in...
Ben Stein's Diary: I Was Robbed
Stein, Benjamin J.
by Benjamin J. S t e i n I Was Robbed Friday H ere I am in Little Rock, Arkansas. I am here with my wifie and son, the angels Alex and Tommy, and my wife's nephew, Matt, to visit my...
Politics: Holding on to Congress
Norquist, Grover G.
by Grover G. Norquist Holding on to Congress The case for GOP optimism is not far-fetched. J anuary brought good news for Republicans preparing for the November 7 general election. On January...
In Memoriam: Remembering Ella
Shattan, Joseph
by Joseph Shattan Remembering Ella A secret sharer and life force who never grew old. B ertram D. Wolfe 0896q977) , the great historian of Soviet Communism, called his...
The Talkies: Presidentolotry
Bowman, James
by James Bowman Presidentolotry Nuking Iraq is Hollywood's idea of patriotism. H ollywood cynicism isn't what it used to be. At least not quite what it used to be. True, we can see in Reindeer...
Fire in the Night
Bierman, John; Smith, Colin
Code Name: The Friend Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia and Zion John Bierman and Colin Smith Random House/4~9 pages / $29.95 REVIEWED BY Edward Grossman S ome MTV viewers just...
In Love With Nizht: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy
Steel, Ronald
Bobby Without Tears In Love With Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy Ronald Steel Simon & Schuster / 220 pages / $23 REVIEWED BY Mark Faleoff F or many years now we have...
How We Got Here: The 7o's
Frum, David
ety" have been discredited in actual practice, and few politicians anxious to win election or re-election wish to revisit them) As it is, the first Democratic president to be re-elected to...
Completing the Revolution
Novak, Robert D.
Playing Not to Lose Completing the Revolution: A Vision for Victory in 2000 Robert D. Nova k Free Press / 24z pages / $24 REVIEWED BY Traey Robinson F or opponents of big government, the...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
Washington Post The fabled Post's crack investigative team lays down hitherto little known facts of the open road: ...congestion reflects the fact that so many of the region's roads are...
Last Call: Double Clutch
Pleszczynski, Wladyslaw
by Wladyslaw Pleszczynski Double Clutch NEED ANY FURTHER PROOF THAT America's gone soft? Go as I did to a Honda dealership, preferably the kind that has 2o0 Accords in stock. Then ask a salesman...
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