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December 1987 Issue - 28 ArticlesDepartments
- The Continuing Crisis, p. 8
- Correspondence, p. 9
- Editorials/Cheers!/Woodward Unveiled/A Grand Lady
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
, p. 10 - Captiol Ideas/I Hate to Spoil the Party
Tom Bethell
, pp. 11-13
- The Great Relearning
Tom Wolfe
, pp. 14-15 The twentieth century is over
- The Message of the Microcosm
George Gilder
, pp. 16-20 A computerized world economy does not care about budget deficits or trade imbalances or...
- Astonishing Moments, pp. 21-26
Distinguished observers select the single most astonishing development of the last twen...
- America in the Year 2007
Neil Howe
, pp. 27-31 We'll be lots older, paying huge taxes, producing less and less, unless...
- Let's Be Honest About Vietnam
Mark Falcoff
, pp. 32-35 If we are to have a foreign policy, liberals and conservatives cannot go on politicizin...
- An Anti-War Memoir
Jonathan Cohen
, pp. 36-40 I was a grade-school liberal
- Books for Christmas: An American Spectator tradition continues, pp. 41-49
Holiday gift suggestions from eminent readers and writers
Special Departments
- The Third World/Doomed
P.J. O'Rourke
, pp. 50-51 - The Automobile/The Love Affair Continues
Brock Yates
, pp. 52-53 - The Personal Computer/Hack Away
Brit Hume
, pp. 54-59 - The Press/Our Oldest Profession
Philip Terzian
, pp. 60-61 - Mikhail Gorbachev/A Lonely Visionary
Vladimir Bukovsky
, pp. 62-63 - Washington/A World Apart
Fred Barnes
, pp. 64-65 - The Supreme Court/The Worst Is Over
Jeremy Rabkin
, pp. 66-68 - Poetry/Another Victim of Creative Writing
Bruce Bawer
, pp. 69-71 - Terrorism/A New Sense of Professionalism
Michael Ledeen
, pp. 72-73 - The Sexes/The Endless Chase
Joe Mysak
, pp. 74-75 - Television/I'd Rather Not
Terry Teachout
, p. 76 - 2007/The Year in Review
Joseph Sobran
, pp. 77-79 - Baby Boom Influences, pp. 80-86
Some of our brightest young writers pay tribute to their mentors and describe the miles...
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Mencken's Letters (3 Reviews) William H. Nolte
, pp. 87-93 The Dreiser-Mencken Letters, by Theodore Dreiser, H.L Mencken, and Thomas Riggio, ...
- The Dreiser-Mencken Letters by Theodore Dreiser, H.L Mencken, and Thomas Riggio, ...
- Mencken and Sara: A Life in Letters by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, H.L. Mencken, and Sara Haardt, ...
- Ich Kuss Die Hand by H.L. Mencken and Peter W. Dowell
- I Remember Bloomington, pp. 94-101
Former residents and employees recall a fabled Midwestern hamlet
Departments
- Twenty Years of Current Wisdom
Assorted Jackasses
, pp. 102-112 - Cover Drawing
Elliott Banfield