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May 1996 Issue
- 26 Articles
Departments
The Continuing Crisis
, pp. 8-9
Correspondence
, pp. 10-13
On the Prowl
, pp. 14-15
Editorials
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
, pp. 16-17
Dunce Dershowitz;Foreign Policy Flop
Capitol Ideas
Tom Bethell
, pp. 18-19
Sex, Lies, and Kinsey
Features
Why Nigeria?
John Corry
, pp. 20-25
As the Clinton administration speeds to brand it a pariah, questions arise about what N...
Bill's Cousin Cornelius?
Rebecca Borders
, pp. 26-27
Was it a coincidence that the travel Office firings took place shortly after a Time rep...
Blood Spin
James Ring Adams
, pp. 28-32
Can you trust a book that puts so much faith in jim and Susan McDougal and Bernie Nussb...
Quota King
Terry Eastland
, pp. 33-35
California on his mind, Mr. Clinton will say he doesn't like racial preferences. Which ...
Between East & West
M.D. Carnegie
, pp. 36-41
Turkey is a jumble of paradoxes - secular and Moslem, thriving and impoverished, avidly...
Departments
The Public Policy
Byron York
, pp. 42-43
Bill's Four-Star General
Culture Vultures
Mark Steyn
, pp. 44-45
Everybody's Talking at Me
Presswatch
John Corry
, pp. 46-47
Hissteria
Eminentoes
David Aikman
, pp. 48-49
Zyuganov the Terrible
Spectator's Journal
Joseph Shattan
, pp. 50-51
Peace Terrorists
Ben Stein's Diary
Benjamin J. Stein
, pp. 52-55
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Politics
Grover G. Norquist
, pp. 56-57
The '96 Dream Team
The Citadel Spectator
Mark F. Bernstein
, pp. 58-59
The Pride of Charleston
The Talkies
James Bowman
, pp. 60-61
Hollywood Squares
Book Reviews
[+]
The Road from Serfdom
(Review)
David Frum
, pp. 62-63
The Road from Serfdom, by Robert Skidelsky
The Road from Serfdom
by Robert Skidelsky
[+]
Aging and Old Age
(Review)
Jeremy Rabkin
, pp. 64-66
Aging and Old Age, by Richard A. Posner
Aging and Old Age
by Richard A. Posner
[+]
Lewis Carroll
(Review)
George McCartney
, pp. 67-68
Lewis Carroll: A Biography, by Morton N. Cohen
Lewis Carroll: A Biography
by Morton N. Cohen
[+]
From the Shadows
(Review)
Joseph Shattan
, pp. 69-75
From the Shadows, by Robert M. Gates
From the Shadows
by Robert M. Gates
Departments
Current Wisdom
Assorted Jackasses
, pp. 76-77
Last Call
Wladyslaw Pleszczynski
, pp. 78-80
Nobody's Perfect
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Hanoch Piven
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