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Arming the Shah: Alms for the RichWalter Shapiro
When we began sending weapons to Iran it was both a needy and staunch friend of the Uni...


Black and White Together is Still the PointWalter Shapiro
From blue-collar precincts to Harvard Square, everyone seems to have given up on busing...

Blind FaithWalter Shapiro
The moral price of defending Clinton is steeper than liberals realize

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The Book of Dan (Review) Walter Shapiro
Dan Quayle wants to be taken seriously. His book demonstrates why that isn't likely.
- Standing Firm by Dan Quayle

Buck Stops ThereWalter Shapiro
My McCain-Feingold isn't about Congress

Campaign Reform: Taking the Worry Out of ReelectionWalter Shapiro
What's the point of taking money out of politics if you leave the incumbents in?



Conferences and Conventions: The $20-Billion Industry That Keeps America from WorkingWalter Shapiro and Aleta Kaufman
Everybody would rather fly around the country going to meetings than do his job, and th...

Political Booknotes
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Cuckolded (Review) Walter Shapiro
Face-Time, by Erik Tarloff
- Face-Time by Erik Tarloff

Debrief EncounterCharles Fenyvesi and Walter Shapiro

Denenberg V. Flaherty: Politics After Common CauseWalter Shapiro
Reformers are trying to take the money out of politics. In the recent Pennsylvania Sena...

Political Booknotes
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Duped By Dubya (Review) Walter Shapiro
Fuzzy Math, by Paul R. Krugman
- Fuzzy Math by Paul R. Krugman

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Fast Faith (Review) Walter Shapiro
Compassionate Conservatism, by Marvin Olasky
- Compassionate Conservatism by Marvin Olasky

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Political Booknotes (Review) Walter Shapiro
Beyond Entitlement, by Lawrence M. Mead
- Beyond Entitlement by Lawrence M. Mead

From Korea With LoveWalter Shapiro
We can cast Richard Nixon as Scrooge, but that leaves an awful lot of us competing for ...

Gaylord Nelson and The Myth of the White KnightWalter Shapiro
When Walter Mondale dropped out of the presidential race, he symbolized the growing pub...

Good Legislation Has Nothing to Do With ItWalter Shapiro
A new book on Congress shows why our legislators pay so little attention to the substan...

On Political Books
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Good-for-Nothing Samaritans (Review) Walter Shapiro
Charities are as dependent on federal handouts as the worst welfare abuser.
- Charity Begins at Home by Teresa Odendahl


The Screwing of the Average Man
How He Got to Do It: Bank ChartersWalter Shapiro
Bankers aren't made, they're anointed. A glimpse at how charter members of this aristoc...

How Much Did You Give Last Year?Walter Shapiro
We .can cast Richard Nixon as Scrooge, but that leaves an awful lot of us competing for...

How Not to HelpSmall BusinessWalter Shapiro
The Small Business Administration specializes in helping banks, not entrepreneurs.

The IntractablesWalter Shapiro
A massive resistance movement awaits those who would reduce the great bureaucracies.
The Washington Monthly, May 1976, pp. 12-18


Views of the Press.
Kay, Otis, and Newby- They Sell Out, TooWalter Shapiro
Katharine Graham, Otis Chandler, and Newbold Noyes run three of the country's better pa...

Madeleine Lee, Meet Nancy ReaganWalter Shapiro
Recalling a century of progress.

The MallWalter Shapiro
Forget the GOP; Obama's enemy is the angry public

The Man Who Nailed Tony BoyleWalter Shapiro
A tough prosecutor who asks for the death penalty and convicts 14-year-olds of first-de...

March MadnessWalter Shapiro
How the primary schedule favors the rich.

Political Booknotes
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Master of the Obvious (Review) Walter Shapiro
Whatever It Takes, by Elizabeth Drew
- Whatever It Takes by Elizabeth Drew

The McGovern Campaigners: Their Dirty Little SecretWalter Shapiro
It wasn't all idealism out there on the campaign trail.

Neoliberals in the WildernessWalter Shapiro
The Monthly in a conservative age.

New Hope for Parents- A Way to Beat the High Cost of CollegeWalter Shapiro
College for the kids doesn't have to mean poverty for the parents.

Democracy in Action
One Who LostWalter Shapiro
How Walter Shapiro, aspirant to Congress from Michigan, rode the wave of popular suppor...

One-Car Caravan (2003)Walter Shapiro
On the Road with the 2004 Democrats Before America Tunes in
2 Reviews

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Political Booknotes (Review) Walter Shapiro
Charity U.S.A., by Carl Bakal
- Charity U.S.A. by Carl Bakal

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Political Booknotes (Review) Walter Shapiro
CETA: Politics and Policy, 1973-1982, by Grace A. Franklin and Randall B. Ripley
- CETA: Politics and Policy, 1973-1982 by Grace A. Franklin and Randall B. Ripley

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Political Booknotes (Review) Walter Shapiro
Looking Forward, by George Bush and Victor Gold
- Looking Forward by George Bush and Victor Gold

The Profit Motive and the Public InterestWalter Shapiro
Wright Patman vs. the Bankers


Running for Congress: The Secret MotivesWalter Shapiro
Most people get their ideas of why men run for office from movies like "The Candidate,"...

Features
The Running MenWalter Shapiro
How candidates decide to run for president reveals how prepared they are to win.

The Seven Secrets of the Metroliner's SuccessWalter Shapiro
For people who are wondering when they would hear something good about government, thi...

On Political Books
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Surge Behind (Review) Walter Shapiro
Herding Donkeys, by Ari Berman
- Herding Donkeys by Ari Berman

Tales from The Bore WarWalter Shapiro
Speech! Speech! Heeeelp!

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Theodore White Lite (Review) Walter Shapiro
The lost art of writing about presidential campaigns.
- Mad As Hell by Jack W. Germond

The Triumph and the Trivia:Inside the CarterHeadquarters in PennsylvaniaWalter Shapiro
How Franklin Delano Lopez, Joe Timilty and 'Too Tall' Rutherford won the Pennsylvania p...

Election Special:One Year to Nowhere
The Two Party Pork BarrelWalter Shapiro
It looks like four more years of four more years.

We Try to Use Dictatorial Powers Only as a Last ResortWalter Shapiro
We say we have a government of laws, not men. But the man with the wrecking ball is bey...
The Washington Monthly, May 1974, pp. 38-42

What Every Lobbyist Knows
What Politicians Really WantWalter Shapiro
Every politician has a dream of what life will be like once he's elected. Making the dr...

8th Anniversary Section
What Politicians Really WantWalter Shapiro
Every politician has a dream of what life will be like once he's elected. Making the dr...



Wilbur Mills: The Ways and Means of Conning the PressWalter Shapiro
Reporters were so impressed with Robert McNamara's technical ability they didn't notice...

Wildly Out of ControlWalter Shapiro
If you've ever wondered what HEW is doing with its billions, this new Brookings study w...

Political Booknotes
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Young Gun (Review) Walter Shapiro
When I Was a Young Man, by Bob Kerrey
- When I Was a Young Man by Bob Kerrey

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