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March 1999 Issue - 42 Articles- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
Taking Out the TV Trash.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9
Deadly Sprouts. Doggie Drugs. Secret Agent Furby. Lady Wrestlers.
- Scan: Short News and Commentary, pp. 10-17
A Nazi's Confession. The White House Propaganda Empire. a Conservative Coup at the Osca...
- "Live" with TAE
Lowell "Bud" Paxson and Jeff Sagansky
, pp. 18-23 Lowell "Bud" Paxson and Jeff Sagansky, Two High-Flying TV Producers, Launch a New, 100 ...
- Trash TV at Flood Tide
Karl Zinsmeister
, pp. 24-31 TV Nose-Dived into the Gutter This 1998-99 Season. If You Haven't Been Paying Attention...
Why Cleaning Up Television is Important to the Nation
- --- by Paul Simon, p. 32
- --- by Sam Brownback, p. 33
- --- by Joseph Lieberman, pp. 34-36
Seven Practical Ways to Begin Cleaning Up the Wasteland
- Organize Parents over the Internet.
Robert Lichter
, p. 37 - Have the TV Industry Police Itself.
Steve Allen
, p. 38 - Have Advertisers Play a Stronger Role.
Robert Stuart #2 and Andrea Alstrup
, p. 39 - Boycott the Worst Shows.
Michael Pfleger
, pp. 40-41 - Use Economic Incentives.
James Hamilton
, pp. 42-43 - Have Physicians Educate Parents.
David Walsh
, p. 44 - Swap Real Lives for Virtual Ones.
John Taylor Gatto
, pp. 45-47
- Is the Problem Television or Viewers?
Michael Medved and David Horowitz
, pp. 48-55 The State of Our Airwaves.
Hollywood's Better Side
- You Know Tinseltown's Famous Jerks. Now Meet the Industry's Normal People and Some of Their Products.
Joel Kotkin
, pp. 56-58 - Bookish Broadcasting
Martin Morse Wooster
, p. 59 - Commercial TV's Grand Slam
Curt Smith
, pp. 60-61 - Iliad in Space
Eli Lehrer
, p. 62 Life Imitates Art
- How TV Is Turning More and More Aspects of American Life into Pro Wrestling
Paul Cantor
, p. 63 - News Shows Open Gateways to the Internet
Ron Bailey
, pp. 63-66 - To Clone or Not to Clone
James Q. Wilson and Leon Kass
, pp. 67-69 The Ethics of Cloning Humans.
- Why Jews Should Pray for a Christian American
Daniel Lapin
, pp. 70-71 An Orthodox Rabbi Argues That the Prosperity and Security of All Americans Depend on th...
In Real Life: First-Person America
- The Long View of Los Angeles.
David Friedman
, p. 72 - Small Town Life.
Hendrik Mills
, p. 73
- Social Security Watch, p. 74
Private Retirement Accounts Are Pro-family.
- The Economist, p. 75
The Fantasy Tax: None.
- Enterprising, p. 76
Small Business Horrors in the Courts.
- Flashback, p. 77
Race and Politics on the American Frontier.
- Hollywood Report, p. 78
"King of the Hill" Sends up Laughs from the Heartland.
Book Talk
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Willie Wonka They're Not (Review) Richard Miniter
, p. 79 The Emperors of Chocolate, by Joel Glenn Brenner
- The Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner
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Innocence Agog (Review) Evan Gahr
, p. 80 Saving Childhood, by Michael Medved and Diane Medved
- Saving Childhood by Michael Medved and Diane Medved
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Thurgood Marshall: American Neoconservative? (Review) Daniel Troy
, p. 81 Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, by Juan Williams
- Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary by Juan Williams
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Life in the Brats' Lane (Review) Clark Stooksbury
, p. 82 To the Limit, by Marc Eliot
- To the Limit by Marc Eliot
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Eurotrash Recycled (Review) Martin Morse Wooster
, p. 83 Reconstructing America, by James W. Ceaser
- Reconstructing America by James W. Ceaser
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The Religious Roots of Success (Review) Gerald Russello
, p. 84 Progress and Religion, by Christopher Dawson and Christina Scott
- Progress and Religion by Christopher Dawson and Christina Scott
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 85-89
Sneaky Trade Barriers...Conservatives Are More Generous...Secondhand Smoke and Mirrors....
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 90-93
What People Really Watch on TV. Alternatives to Social Security.
- The Mail, pp. 94-95
Blacks, Asians, and Racism. Miles to Go before We Rest. A Schoolteacher for Choice, Mao...
- Last Gasp, pp. 96-98
- Cover illustration
Ismael Roldan