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December 1998 Issue
- 17 Articles
Departments
Letters
, pp. 2-3
Features
Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-7
A King's Compliment... Hinckley's Holiday .. Tripp's Step... Ground Truth ... The Case ...
What Doctor's Don't Know
Michael L. Millenson
, pp. 8-12
HMO's aren't the only thing wrong with American Medicine.
The Clinton-Lewinsky Obsession
Todd Gitlin
, pp. 13-19
How the press made a scandal of itself.
Making Criminals Pay
How the courts can cut crime and save money.
Robert Worth
, pp. 20-22
�---, pp. 23-25
Departments
Who's Who
, pp. 26-28
Memo of the Month
, p. 29
Features
The Speaker
Alexandra Starr
, pp. 30-35
What you should know about Bob Livingston.
On Political Books
[+]
Beyond Satire
(Review)
, pp. 36-39
Tom Wolfe shows he can write with depth and sympathy.
A Man in Full
by Tom Wolfe
[+]
Death of a Peacemaker
(Review)
, pp. 40-43
Yitzhak Rabin's murder revealed a lethal rift in Israeli society.
Murder in the Name of God
by Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman
Departments
Tidbits and Outrages
, p. 44
Political Booknotes
[+]
Vox Populi
(Review)
Gregg Easterbrook
, p. 45
Who Speaks for America?, by Eric Alterman
Who Speaks for America?
by Eric Alterman
[+]
Underwater Spies
(Review)
David Ayer
, pp. 46-47
Blind Man's Bluff, by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew
Blind Man's Bluff
by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew
[+]
Laws for Sale
(Review)
Peter Overby
, pp. 48-50
The Buying of the Congress, by Charles Lewis
The Buying of the Congress
by Charles Lewis
[+]
Golden Years
(Review)
James A. Fallows, M.D.
, pp. 51-54
The Virtues of Aging, by Jimmy Carter
The Virtues of Aging
by Jimmy Carter
Cover Art
Joshua Barlow
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