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July 1997 Issue
- 24 Articles
Departments
Letters
, pp. 2-3
Features
Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-7
Rampant Rottweilers... Cheap Coke... Cheap Chic ... Credit-Crazed Juveniles... Yogi Law...
Unlocking the Cabinet
Robert Reich
, pp. 8-11
Robert Reich provides an inside look at life in the inner sanctum.
Cover
The Real Class War
Michelle Cottle
, pp. 12-16
When it comes to taxes, it's the rich against the rest of us.
Features
The Worst Tax
Jonathan Rowe and Clifford Cobb
, pp. 17-20
How payroll taxes have hurt America's working class.
Bill and Paula
Elizabeth Austin
, pp. 21-23
The distinction between social misbehavior and actionable misconduct.
Republican Hypocrites
Erika Niedowski
, pp. 24-26
GOP budget cutters are hawks--until it comes to trimming their own pork.
Departments
Tidbits and Outrages
, p. 27
Features
The Man Behind the Curtain
Nurith C. Aizenman
, pp. 28-31
Meet the man behind the conservative revolution.
Departments
Who's Who
, pp. 32-34
Features
The NATO Mistake
Jonathan Dean
, pp. 35-37
Expansion for all the wrong reasons.
Tales of the City
Ward Just
, pp. 38-41
Ward Just's new novel provides a window on Washington.
On Political Books
[+]
Why We Needed Welfare Reform
(Review)
Jason DeParle
, pp. 42-44
Instead of debunking the welfare myth, David Zucchino has proved it true.
The Myth of the Welfare Queen
by David Zucchino
[+]
Remembering an American Communist
(Review)
Michael J. Ybarra
, pp. 45-48
Earl Browder strove to wrap Marxism in the Stars and Stripes.
Earl Browder: The Failure of American Communism
by James G. Ryan
[+]
Deeper Deceptions
(Review)
Peter Arnett
, pp. 49-50
This latest book shows that Vietnam wasn't as bad as everyone thought it was--it was wo...
Dereliction of Duty
by H.R. McMaster
Departments
Monthly Journalism Award
, p. 51
Memo of the Month
, p. 52
Political Booknotes
[+]
Master of the Obvious
(Review)
Walter Shapiro
, p. 53
Whatever It Takes, by Elizabeth Drew
Whatever It Takes
by Elizabeth Drew
[+]
The Next World War
(Review)
Mark Feldstein
, p. 54
The New War, by John Kerry
The New War
by John Kerry
[+]
The Too Quiet Man
(Review)
Robert Dallek
, p. 55
George Ball: Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign Policy, by James A. Bill
George Ball: Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign Policy
by James A. Bill
[+]
Say You Want a Devolution
(Review)
Gareth Cook
, pp. 56-57
Disunited States, by John D. Donahue
Disunited States
by John D. Donahue
[+]
Walsh's Last Stand
(Review)
Matthew Dallek
, p. 58
Firewall, by Lawrence E. Walsh
Firewall
by Lawrence E. Walsh
[+]
A Dream Deferred
(Review)
Stanley Meisler
, pp. 59-62
FDR and the Creation of the U.N, by Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley
FDR and the Creation of the U.N
by Townsend Hoopes and Douglas Brinkley
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Roman Genn
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