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November 1996 Issue
- 23 Articles
Departments
Letters
, pp. 2-3
Features
Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-8
A New Soulmate... The Cali Cartel as a Buy... More on Mrs. Astor... A Comeback for Ferr...
Reforming Welfare Reform
Michelle Cottle
, pp. 9-15
Clinton signed the bill. Now conservatives and liberals alike have work to do if we wan...
Departments
Tidbits and Outrages
, p. 16
Features
Privacy Wrongs
James Rule and Lawrence Hunter
, pp. 17-20
Corporations have more right to your data than you do.
Departments
Memo of the Month
, p. 21
Features
Under the Right's Wing
, pp. 22-23
How the conservative press is recruiting and training its own.
Departments
Who's Who
Thomas Toch
, pp. 24-25
Features
GIs: Not Your Average Joes
Amy Waldman
, pp. 26-33
What the military can teach us about race, class, and citizenship.
It's Not Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Bill Dauster
, pp. 34-36
The Senate filibuster ain't what it used to be.
Departments
Political Puzzle
, p. 37
Art & Politics
In Search of the Real Three Little Pigs
Steven Waldman
, pp. 38-40
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll make you pick up your trash... .
On Political Books
[+]
Returning Fire in the P.C.War
(Review)
Nicholas Lemann
, pp. 41-42
Lawrence Levine says the academic right doesn't have a leg to stand on.
The Opening of the American Mind
by Lawrence W. Levine
[+]
Unemployed Underclass
(Review)
David Whitman
, pp. 43-47
Without jobs, blacks in the ghetto have no way out.
When Work Disappears
by William Julius Wilson
[+]
They're Here, They're Queer--We're Used To It
(3 Reviews)
John Cloud
, pp. 48-52
In the 1990s, even Republicans are beginning to realize gay is OK.
Stranger Among Friends
by David Mixner
The Accidental Activist
by Candace Gingrich and Chris Bull
House and Home
by Steve Gunderson, Rob Morris, and Bruce Bawer
[+]
Dixie Redux
(Review)
Jon Meacham
, p. 53
The North won the battle, but the South may have won the war.
Dixie Rising
by Peter Applebome
Departments
Monthly Journalism Award
, pp. 53-54
Political Booknotes
[+]
Soldiers' Stories
(Review)
Thomas E. Ricks
, p. 55
Hazardous Duty, by David H. Hackworth
Hazardous Duty
by David H. Hackworth
[+]
Southern Fried Politics
(Review)
John Egerton
, p. 56
From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich, by Dan T. Carter
From George Wallace to Newt Gingrich
by Dan T. Carter
[+]
Electric Dreams
(Review)
Matthew L. Wald
, p. 57
The Car That Could, by Michael Shnayerson
The Car That Could
by Michael Shnayerson
[+]
Retirement Plans
(Review)
Paul Hewitt
, pp. 58-59
Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old?, by Peter G. Peterson
Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old?
by Peter G. Peterson
[+]
Good Presidents, Bad Presidents
(Review)
Norman Ornstein
, pp. 60-62
Hail to the Chief, by Robert Dallek
Hail to the Chief
by Robert Dallek
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Taylor Jones
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