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Vol. 034 Issue 002 (March 1 2001)
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The Continuing Crisis
THECONTINUINGCRISIS Democracy In Action Clinton Leaves, Late Again Congo President Shot in Office Peaceful Transition Expected Penis-Hanging Artist Examined for Endowment cists who have grown...
Welcome to the New American Spectator
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
Welcome to the New American Spectator BY R. EMMETT TYRRELL JR. American Spectators,how do you like this typographical finery? History trips onward, and at AmSpec it is time for a new design.Yet we...
Smart Nerds, Foolish Choices: Why Silicon Valley votes against its interests
GLASSMAN, JAMES K.
Smart Nerds, Foolish Choices Why Silicon Valley votes against its interests BY JAMES K. GLASSMAN One of the deepest mysteries of this New Age is why Silicon Valley—as a geographic metaphor for...
Land for What?: How the peace process brought Israel to the brink of war
Pipes, Danil
Land For What? How the peace process brought Israel to the brink of war BY DANIEL PIPES The election of Ariel Sharon allows us to look back with amazement at the last eight years. The Israeli...
The Ducks Stop Here: For the first time, the Supreme rule the environment is no excuse for federal power grabs
Rabkin, Jeremy
The Ducks Stop Here For the first time, the Supremes rule the environment is no excuse for federal power grabs BY JEREMY RABKIN Rest assured,the Supreme Court's conservative cadre has not been...
Bring Back Voodoo Economics: As a ruse to cut the deficit, Republicans gave away their best argument for tax cuts. Oops!
Bartlett, Bruce
Bring Back Voodoo Economics As a ruse to cut the deficit, Republicans gave away their best argument for tax cuts. Oops! BY BRUCE BARTLETT One reason the Bush administration's rationale for a tax...
On the Slopes with Yasir and Oprah: In Davos, the have nots meet the know nots
Corry, John
On the Slopes with Yasir and Oprah In Davos, the have nots meet the know nots BY JOHN CORRY N DAVOS, SWITZERLAND o question but that it was high-minded and serious. The World Economic Forum met...
"This is Not Vietnam": Our war against Colombian coca farmers is good for Sikorsky, says Sen. Lieberman. But are we on right side?
Boot, William
"This is Not Vietnam" Our war against Colombian coca farmers is good for Sikorsky, says Sen. Lieberman. But are we on the right side? BY WILLIAM BOOT Four thousand five hundred policemen were...
Correspondence
Four thousand five hundred policemen were on hand to protect President Clinton last August, in the "secure oasis" of Cartagena, Colombia. Announcing a $1.3 billion American plan to eradicate the...
Larry Kudlow: The Spectator Interview
I n a 1998 front-page story, "From Addiction Back to Influence in Tax Cut Fray," the Washington Post reported that Larry Kudlow, "the reigning optimist on Wall Street," was forecasting budget...
Stop Everything ... It's Techno-Horror!
Gilder, George; Vigilante, Richard
Stop everything... IT'S TECHNO-HORROR! From Silicon Valley via Aspen, Bill Joy wants to call the police. On science. On technology. On the industry that made him rich. The Left is Overjoyed. BY...
Britain's Last Stand
Hitchens, Peter
LETTER FROM LONDON Britain's Last Stand BY PETER HITCHENS Like America, Britain is a country of the mind as well as a real place, present in the imaginations of free people all over the world....
Hunting for a Cure
Bethell, Tom
In the summer of 1977, Scott R. King had just graduated from the University of Chicago when he took a trip down the Mississippi Valley to visit a friend in Louisiana. On the journey south by car,...
Opportunities: Golden Global
Stambovsky, Jeff
Golden Global BY JEFF STAMBOVSKY Driven by the Street s fear of a fiber glut, the tech slump has been particularly hard on next-generation, fiber-optics networks like Global Crossing (GX),...
Between Honor and Glory
Winik, Jay
LIFE IN FULL ...To grasp the full horror of the march it is necessary to make it yourself. The landscape constantly changes: open fields are exasperatingly punctuated by high hedges and dense...
GENIUS AND VIRTUOSITY: The Art of Ray' Kinstler
Wolfe, Tom
Art of Ray Kinstler BY TOM WOLFE VERETT RAYMOND KlNTSLER did a portrait of me that normally hangs in New York City's Lotos Club. It came about because Ray called me up and said he was doing a book...
Ben Stein's Diary: Our New Plumbing
Stein, Benjamin J.
Our New Plumbing BY BENJAMIN J. STEIN WEDNESDAY To begin at the beginning, this morning my wife told me that her bathroom toilet was running and would not stop. "I jiggle the handle," she said,...
The Talkies: Why Was This Movie Made?
Bowman, James
Why Was This Movie Made? BY JAMES BOWMAN Besides the money, I mean. In the absence of any obvious candidates for Movie of the Month, I thought it might be an idea to run through a selection of the...
In Memoriam: Auberon Waugh, 1939-2001
Reid, Stuart
Auberon Waugh, 1939-2001 BY STUART REID Auberon Waugh died the day before the House of Commons voted to ban fox-hunting, but he saw the vote coming and perhaps decided that enough was enough. Here...
Hyperethered Holmes
King, Florence
Florence King Hyperethereal Holmes ALBERT W. ALSCHULER LAW WITHOUT VALUES: THE LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY OF JUSTICE HOLMES Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. is the only U.S. Supreme Court justice to be...
The Ascent of Man
Taki
The Ascent of Man FERGUS FLEMING KILLING DRAGONS: THE CONQUEST OF THE ALPS Well into the 18th century it was an undisputed fact that dragons lived in Alpine caves. Not only did the first...
Politically Medicated
Shattan, Joseph
Joseph Shattan Politically Medicated SALLY SATEL M.D. PC, M.D.: HOW POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS CORRUPTING MEDICINE In 1348 a terrible plague, the "Black Death," ravaged Europe. Scientists now...
Stiff Upper Brit
Robinson, Matthew
Matthew Robinson A Stiff Upper Brit H.W. CROCKER III THE OLD LIMEY Retired British Gen. Nigel Haversham does not come quietly into our world. Crocker's hero bursts into the imagination with such...
Moody Blues
HEMINGWAY, MARK
Mark Hemingway Moody Blues RICK MOODY DEM0N0L0GY Rick Moody shouldn't be any good. Every leading indicator points the wrong way. He has been adorned with several major literary awards. He won a...
Great American Saloons: Tootsies Orchid Lounge
Shiflett, David
It's approximately 592.3 miles and a couple of feet from my Richmond-area home to the first bar stool at Tootsies Orchid Lounge on lower Broadway in Nashville-over the Virginia highlands, past the...
Current Wisdom: Al, Al, and Anthony
Jackasses, Assorted
(she's in her 30s).You just want to hug the poor thing but her boyfriend's nearby, so one makes do shoving a significant portion of one's expense money into the tip jar. A warm feeling ensues,...
Last Call: Queen Hillary
Mason, Jackie; Felder, Raoul
Al, Al, and Anthony NEW YORK TIMES The Constitution be damned, the estimable Times of Liberal orthodoxy ends a report on Al-Gore's departure from a conquered redoubt with what has become for the...
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