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October 1996 Issue
- 26 Articles
Departments
The Continuing Crisis
, pp. 8-9
Correspondence
, pp. 10-13
Truman, Hunting, the CIC & C.
On the Prowl
, pp. 14-15
Editorials
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
, pp. 16-17
Mailer Dominance;Pervasive Politics
Capitol Ideas
Tom Bethell
, pp. 18-19
Kultursmog Alert
Features
The Moral of the Story
William Tucker
, pp. 20-25
The welfare reform bill marks the first time the federal government has given up a majo...
Here's to Your Health
Dave Shiflett
, pp. 26-31
For years, government busybodies have been insisting that drinking is bad, heinous, vil...
One-Term Wonder
Joseph Shattan
, pp. 32-35
It's the 150th anniversary of the Mexican War, and President james Polk ought to be an ...
Fool for Bill
Byron York
, pp. 36-41
Gene Lyons says the press is dead wrong about the Clintons and Whitewater. And he's not...
Departments
Presswatch
John Corry
, pp. 42-45
Network Meanness
Culture Vultures
Mark Steyn
, pp. 46-47
As Seen on TV
The Public Policy
Ike C. Sugg
, pp. 48-49
Getty's Fortune
Ben Stein's Diary
Benjamin J. Stein
, pp. 50-55
Hot Summer Daze
Politics
Grover G. Norquist
, pp. 56-57
Happy Kempers
Eminentoes
David Aikman
, pp. 58-59
Appreciating Boris
The Nation's Pulse
Victor Gold
, pp. 60-62
Year of the Ruptured Duck
In Memoriam
T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
, p. 63
An American Dissident
The Talkies
James Bowman
, pp. 64-65
Love Isn't the Way
Book Reviews
[+]
The Ends of the Earth
(Review)
William McGurn
, pp. 66-67
The Ends of the Earth, by Robert D. Kaplan
The Ends of the Earth
by Robert D. Kaplan
[+]
Fools' Names, Fools' Faces
(Review)
Florence King
, pp. 68-69
Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, by Andrew Ferguson
Fools' Names, Fools' Faces
by Andrew Ferguson
[+]
Who's in Control?
(Review)
Fred Barnes
, pp. 70-71
Who's in Control?, by Richard Darman
Who's in Control?
by Richard Darman
[+]
In Defense of Affirmative Action
(3 Reviews)
Jeremy Rabkin
, pp. 72-74
Ending Affirmative Action, by Terry Eastland
Ending Affirmative Action
by Terry Eastland
Backfire
by Bob Zelnick
In Defense of Affirmative Action
by Barbara R. Bergmann
[+]
Rosebud
(2 Reviews)
Francis X. Rocca
, pp. 75-83
Orson Welles, Vol. I, by Simon Callow
Orson Welles, Vol. I
by Simon Callow
Rosebud
by David Thomson
Departments
Current Wisdom
Assorted Jackasses
, pp. 84-85
Last Call
Wladyslaw Pleszczynski
, pp. 86-88
Nice Going
Cover illustration
Robert de Michiell
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