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July 1995 Issue - 19 ArticlesDepartments
- Letters, pp. 2-3
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-9 Hospital horrors... Venetian dreams... Kennedy's best and worst... the Roach in the May...
- MacNeil Error
Glenn Hodges
, pp. 10-16 Robin and Jim leave you confused when they fail to ask the clarifying questions.
- The Media's Japan Problem
Eamonn Fingleton
, pp. 17-19 Why the American press won't face the facts about Japan.
- Who's Who, pp. 20-21
- Everyone's a Loser
Joshua Wolf Shenk
, pp. 22-25 How lottery ads entice the wrong people to gamble.
- The Case for Unions
Sean Reilly
, pp. 26-31 The tide raising the boats of industry has left workers drowning. That's why we need a ...
- You Can't Fix It If You Don't Raise the Hood
Amy Waldman
, pp. 32-36 Before we cut or reinvent government, we need to know more about what it is really doin...
- Monthly Journalism Award, p. 37
- The FEMA Phoenix
Daniel Franklin
, pp. 38-42 How one federal agency rose from the ashes to become a symbol of what government can do.
- Memo of the Month, p. 43
- Laws for Sale
Gareth Cook
, pp. 44-49 The Republicans said they would change Washington and they have--for the worse.
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 50
On Political Books
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Ames, Aldrich Antes (3 Reviews) Walter Pincus
, pp. 51-52 How one bumbling bureaucrat outsmarted America's top intelligence agents.
- Nightmover by David Wise
- Killer Spy by Peter Maas
- Betrayal by Tim Weiner, David Johnston, and Neil A. Lewis
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Barbarians Inside the Gates (2 Reviews) Michael M. Thomas
, pp. 53-54 The world of powerful central bankers and currency traders.
- The Vandal's Crown by Gregory J. Millman
- The Confidence Game by Steven Solomon
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Political Booknotes (3 Reviews) , p. 55 -
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Review Friends in High Places, by Douglas Frantz and ... (Review) Charles W. Bailey
, p. 55 - Friends in High Places by Douglas Frantz and David McKean
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Review 1939: The Lost World of the Fair~~Nineteen Thi... (Review) Nicholas Lemann
, pp. 56-57 - 1939: The Lost World of the Fair~~Nineteen Thirty-Nine: The Lost World of the Fair by David H. Gelernter
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Review The Nightingales Song, by Robert Timberg (Review) Michael R. Beschloss
, pp. 58-59 - The Nightingales Song by Robert Timberg
Departments
- Political Puzzle, pp. 60-62