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April 1996 Issue - 27 ArticlesDepartments
- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 8-9
- Correspondence, pp. 10-13
- On the Prowl, pp. 14-15
- Editorials
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
, pp. 16-17 No to Drug Legalization;Touched by Fidel;Facts of Primary Life
- Capitol Ideas
Tom Bethell
, pp. 18-19 A Flat Tax Is Gonna Come
Features
- Taiwanese Takeout
David Aikman
, pp. 20-23 It may be the last thing on his mind, but Bill Clinton will have to defend Taiwan again...
- The Peking Pentagon
Kenneth R. Timmerman
, pp. 24-31 Only under Mr. Clinton could we have a Secretary of Defense who's made a fortune tradin...
- Why Ron Brown Won't Go Down
Byron York
, pp. 32-34 Sure enough, the appointment of an independent counsel has undercut House oversight cha...
- Alabama Jury Booty
Dave Shiflett
, pp. 35-39 Welcome to the state that leads the world in generosity toward plaintiffs with stubbed ...
- Watergate versus Whitewater, pp. 40-43
President Clinton and his paid political defenders naturally deny it, but the similarit...
Departments
- Culture Vultures
Mark Steyn
, pp. 44-45 Rock of Ages
- Presswatch
John Corry
, pp. 46-47 The Goldberg Deviation
- The Public Policy
James Bovard
, pp. 48-49 Unsafe at Any Speed
- Ben Stein's Diary
Benjamin J. Stein
, pp. 50-54 Death of a Producer
- The Nation's Pulse
Jeff Milyo and Tim Groseclose
, p. 55 Lost Shepherd
- Warsaw Watch
Adrian Karatnycky
, pp. 56-57 Life after Lech
- Among the Intellectualoids
Byron York
, pp. 58-59 Bum of the Month
- Great Israeli Saloons
Andrew Davidovits
, pp. 60-61 Tel Aviv Stagecoach
- The Talkies
James Bowman
, pp. 62-63 Too Much of a Good Thing
Book Reviews
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Breaking the News (Review) Robert D. Novak
, pp. 64-65 Breaking the News, by James Fallows
- Breaking the News by James Fallows
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The Good Life and Its Discontents (Review) Michael Barone
, p. 66 The Good Life and Its Discontents, by Robert J. Samuelson
- The Good Life and Its Discontents by Robert J. Samuelson
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Red Scare or Red Menace? (2 Reviews) Arch Puddington
, pp. 67-68 Not Without Honor, by Richard Gid Powers
- Not Without Honor by Richard Gid Powers
- Red Scare or Red Menace? by John Earl Haynes
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God's Chinese Son (Review) Charles Horner
, p. 69 God's Chinese Son, by Jonathan D. Spence
- God's Chinese Son by Jonathan D. Spence
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Union of Words (Review) Mark W. Davis
, pp. 70-79 Union of Words, by Wayne Fields
- Union of Words by Wayne Fields
Departments
- Current Wisdom
Assorted Jackasses
, pp. 80-81 - Last Call
Stuart Reid
, pp. 82-84 Blasted
- Cover illustration
Paul Davis