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Lynch Mobsters
3.15.02
They got rid of Pickering. Now they’ve set their sights on Tennessee. But a friend rides to the rescue.
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Friday, March 15, 2002
The Virginian
Sister Heat
Dave Shiflett | 3.15.02
American women are discovering a jarring truth: They have true enemies in this world, and Wayne La Pierre isn’t among them.
Washington Prowler
Cash Talkers
The Prowler | 3.15.02
I beg your pardon, Roger. No singing along with Mitch.
The Current Crisis
Churchillian Disputes at The Atlantic
3.15.02
What could Christopher Hitchens possibly claim against Winston? That he was a drinker? So is Hitch, and an exuberant one.
Another Perspective
First Faces?
3.15.02
Apparently unbeknownst to our president, the post-9/11 commemorative postage stamp he unveiled this week marks a huge departure from our usual democratic practice.
Movie Takes
Monsoon Wedding
James Bowman | 3.15.02
A feel-good look at family and sexual relationships in the emerging middle classes of one of the most promising of the world’s developing countries — just be careful what you feel good about.
Thursday, March 14, 2002
To Be Absolutely Frank
The Times Gets a Language Upgrade
Francis X. Rocca | 3.14.02
Reading need never be dull again. Just apply the formula, ”N plus 7.”
Editor’s Desk
Edmund Morris, Blackguard
Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.14.02
Three years after his titanic failure as Reagan biographer, he thinks playing to the anti-Reagan crowd will repair his silly reputation.
Washington Prowler
Bill Plays Hard to Get
The Prowler | 3.14.02
But on other occasions he wants to be approached. Plus: A White House birthday girl.
Loose Canons
Pretty Dismal and Pretty Scary
Jed Babbin | 3.14.02
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is again busily trying to provide cover for Saddam Hussein.
The Current Crisis
The Volcker Story
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.14.02
And why Hollywood will never tell it.
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Political Hay
Red Light, Green Light
3.13.02
It is now painfully clear that the federal government is incapable of appearing competent at the task of preventing terrorism.
Sports Arena
Down in Carolina
3.13.02
Conservatives should stand up and cheer. For the first time in 28 years, the Tar Heels of North Carolina won’t be playing in the NCAA basketball tournament. Liberal smugness has been benched — if only for one blissful season.
Washington Prowler
Stepping Down and Up
The Prowler | 3.13.02
Bush official to resign over Enron? Is Al ready to play ball again?
Another Perspective
Jesuits Implode
George Neumayr | 3.13.02
Even liberals are sounding the alarm on the order’s free fall into decadence and intolerance.
Special Report
The Impotence of Being Relevant
Reid Collins | 3.13.02
Ted Koppel may no longer matter — but the same shouldn’t be said about the over-50 crowd that watches his show and does much else besides as it prepares to live longer and longer.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Editor’s Desk
Tom DeLay and the Bull Moose Bully
Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.12.02
Never send a wimp to do a raging bull’s job.
Washington Prowler
Debt Souls
The Prowler | 3.12.02
Paul O’Neill’s run-in with the Speaker. Also: Clinton evades the Gladiator.
At Large
Harvard Ethics
John Corry | 3.12.02
They extend to the ring, where the worry is that Tonya will cut off Paula at the knees, just like ABC was ready to do to Ted.
The Current Crisis
Media Bias in One State
George Neumayr | 3.12.02
No matter what he says, California pressies think they know Bill Simon much better than he knows himself.
Another Perspective
Towering Ignoramuses
Lawrence Henry | 3.12.02
The Learning Channel puts the House Science Committee to shame, as demonstrated in last week’s hearings on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
Monday, March 11, 2002
Washington Prowler
Coming and Going
The Prowler | 3.11.02
A GOP surrender. Rudy wows Washington — but a woman steals the GOP show. Who comes after Fred?
Editor’s Desk
Democratic Shades of Gray
Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.11.02
An Enron puzzle. Media bias on its last legs. The most despised Democrat in America.
Another Perspective
Case Closed
3.11.02
Corporations aren’t to blame for the actions of individuals? Has America’s legal system gone mad?
Loose Canons
Nuclear Evolution
Jed Babbin | 3.11.02
Rumsfeld’s report says that nuclear war is possible in too many places, and he wants the president to be able to deal with these threats.
Lifestyles Left and Right
Who Did You Say Made Trees?
3.11.02
Bad news for the Tree Worshippers: A coalition of timber companies has petitioned Interior Secretary Gale Norton to require the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to conduct a review of the effects of the Spotted Owl program.
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