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Paid articleTwentieth-Century America
Reeves, Thomas C.
Privacy and privies; Wagga the dog; a French snake; foxes! March, which is supposed to come in like a lion and out like a lamb, came in like a lamb and out like a lamb--much to the anxiety of...
Paid articleCorrespondence: Keyes, cars &c.
Southern Hospitality I love Ben Stein's tribute to American friendliness (especially the Southern variety) in his recent column ("I Was Robbed, TAS, March 2000). Can you believe the...
Paid articleOn the Prowl
New Newt Needed Since mid-March, congressional reporters have been hitting House Majority Leader Dick Armey with this question: Is he interested in the speaker's position after the 2000...
Paid articlePublic Nuisances: For Your Information
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
For Your Information by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Correct me if I am in error, but the present Computer Civilization that awes us all is essentially absorbed with gathering...
Paid articleCapitol Ideas: Back to the Future
Bethell, Tom
by Tom Bethell Back to the Future Does more efficiency mean smaller profits? I remember, around 197o, wondering what the year zooo would be like and whether I would still be here. When you do...
Paid articleShould We Tax the Internet?
Gilder, Bob Metcalfe vs. George
Bob Metcalfe rguing in favor of Internet taxation is a tough job, especially among people who are not Luddite Marxists, but somebody has to do it. And it takes some nuanced arguments that go...
Paid articleNo New Cybertaxes
York, Byron
T he line stretched through the lobby and out the frosted glass sliding doors of The Standard, one of the newest and most self-consciously hip hotels along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood....
Paid articleThe Old Regime and the Digital Revolution
Rocca, Francis X.
I was walking from one bustling pavilion to another when I heard the excitement. "Who? Who?" came the cries. Everyone turned in the direction of the loudest chatter. We could see the backs of TV...
Paid articleOn the Internet No One Knows You're a Dog
Tucker, William
T he moment of enlightenment came while I was waiting in vain for the New York Post to send me a check for $3oo. I'd been a freelance writer for more than twenty years. In many ways it's the...
Paid articleThere's Something About Tom
Ferguson, Tim W.
T he most interesting U.S. Senate race in the country this year, in terms of contrasting ideas effectively expounded, is not going to be in New York. Rudy Giuliani will not, and perhaps cannot,...
Paid articleCulture Vultures: Vandals in the Churchyard
Steyn, Mark
by Mark Steyn Vandals in the Churchyard The Western war against Christianity goes unreported. O ne typical March weekend in Brooklyn: Vandals smash the face and arms of a marble shrine to Our...
Paid articleThe Nation's Pulse: Ray of Hope
Eastland, Terry
ren plains of their hearts, in their inability even to comprehend the spiritual impulse, they're exactly the same. G.K. Chesterton said that people who no longer believe in God will believe in...
Paid articleConstitutional Opinions: The Microsoft Moral
Levy, Robert A.
by Robert A. Levy The Microsoft Moral Repeal the antitrust laws, for starters. M icrosoft's shareholders may be frustrated by the company's inability to negotiate a settlement with Joel...
Paid articlePresswatch: Print Discovers Web
Robinson, Tracy
by Tracy Robinson Print Discovers Web And in doing so, it's finding new ways to lose money. I t's hard to believe, but the Internet as it is known today--splashy M-hour news, entertainment, and...
Paid articleBen Stein's Diary: CanaryYellow
Stein, Benjamin J.
by Benjamin J. Stein C anary Yellow Saturday ~ t's an overcast, miserable afternoon here in gilded Los Angeles. As usual, I have a flu of some kind. I think I've had this flu for twenty years....
Paid articleThe Smoke-Filled Room: America Plugged In
Sager, Ryan H.
by Ryan H. Sager America Plugged In America Online isn't repeating Microsoft's mistakes. J J hey're just doing what comes T naturally in Washington; I I special interest lobbying, ]eft Chester...
Paid articleThe Public Policy: Rise of the Surveillance State
Bovard, James
by James Bovard Rise of the Surveillance State High-tech whets all the wrong government appetites. W ?hile high-tech breakthroughs make business more productive and life more pleasant,...
Paid articlePolitics: Mopping Up After McCain
Norquist, Grover G.
by Grover G. Norquist Mopping Up After McCain How conservatives and the GOP suppressed a mutiny. T he McCain mutiny failed. Why? And will this coup attempt create or highlight fissures in the...
Paid articleGreat American Saloons: Psyche in Cyberland
Malenic, Marina
by Marina Malenic Psyche in Cyberland Where plugging in is easier than getting a beer. H urrying along brightly lit M Street with a friend one brisk Friday night, I was suddenly reminded of...
Paid articleThe Talkies: They Went Thataway
Bowman, James
by James Bowman They Went Thataway Hollywood villains are no longer even two-dimensional. W r hat's happened to the movie bad guy? How can we have any heroes when all they have to cut their...
Paid articleWay Out There in the Blue
FitzGerald, Frances
They Still Can't Touch Him Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War Frances FitzGerald Simon & Schuster / 592 pages / $30 R E V I E W E D BY John Curry I n...
Paid articleCreating Equal/What America Owes to Blacks
Connerly, Ward; Robinson, Randall
The Color of the Future Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences Ward Connerly Encounter Books / 286pages / $24.95 The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks Randall Robinson Dutton /...
Paid articleThe Kinder, Gentler Military
Gutmann, Stephanie
gospel emerged and "younger ministers in the cities often threw open their churches to the disadvantaged and entered the battle against the suffering that surrounded them." Reeves...
Paid articleCurrent Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
Premiere Whilst explicating the artistry of her role in the film Holy Smoke, aclxess Kate Winslet demonstrates that decency was maintained: And yes, the character does go a bit bonkers in the...
Paid articleLast Call: Even in the Middle of Nowhere
Corry, John
by John Corry Even in the Middle of Nowhere Modika-diko, Lesotho IF YOU DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY, YOU MAY GET HERE in a 4x4 vehicle, but even so, it's chancy. The road is only two ruts in the dirt...
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