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Friday, March 22, 2002

Enemy of the Week

Great Performances

3.22.02

Enemy Central goes to the movies — though the popcorn usually tastes fresher at a ball game.

Washington Prowler

Pickering Your Fights

The Prowler | 3.22.02

Another senator pays for opposing Bush’s nominee. Also: Florida Dems stuck with Janet: Will Bill ride to the rescue? Plus: A major White House opening?

The Virginian

Things Could Be Worse

Dave Shiflett | 3.22.02

News reports that Nirvana-seeking terrorists may have smuggled three nuclear devices into America and are driving them around in vans waiting for word to detonate have no doubt unsettled many Americans.

The Current Crisis

Never Ending Race

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.22.02

On reading Allan Nevins, a paragon of post-FDR liberalism.

Political Hay

The Media-McCain Collusion Act

George Neumayr | 3.22.02

Could there be a more prima facie violation of the First Amendment than the media-McCain campaign finance bill?

Thursday, March 21, 2002

Editor’s Desk

Thank You, Linda

Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.21.02

Campaign finance reform fails to live up to ABC’s expectations.

Special Report

Dollars for Diplomats

3.21.02

The playboy internationalists at the U.N. are running out of entertainment dollars. They’re hoping we can spare them some change.

To Be Absolutely Frank

What Do You See When You Read?

Francis X. Rocca | 3.21.02

Key events in fiction could be occurring right in your own backyard.

Washington Prowler

Softened GOP Waters

The Prowler | 3.21.02

Feeling abandoned, Senate Republicans swallow a bitter campaign finance pill. Also: Whither Illinois? Armey succession.

Sports Arena

The Nickname Hall of Fame

3.21.02

Where have you gone, Yankee Clipper?

The Current Crisis

Not So Great Escapes

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.21.02

The yakking about Andrea and Russell Yates merely filled a lull in the War on Terrorism.

Reader Mail

Answer Central

3.21.02

Readers raise many new questions, including: Will Jesuit implosion destroy college sports as we know it? Can Arthur Andersen be replaced? What was behind Tipper?

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Live From New York

Israel and Brothers-In-Law

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 3.20.02

The Saudi peace plan gets chopped up at Irving’s Delicatessen.

Washington Prowler

He Wants to Show He’s Kerry

The Prowler | 3.20.02

Massachusetts’ junior senator prepares to go it alone.

The Current Crisis

Turn Out the Lights

George Neumayr | 3.20.02

Gray Davis’s party is over.

Loose Canons

Punk Conservatism

Jed Babbin | 3.20.02

Why has so much written about the war against terrorism been so far off the mark? And why has so much of this stuff come from conservatives?

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

At Large

The Lights of New York

John Corry | 3.19.02

The twin shafts at Ground Zero should not be missed. But where is Rudy Giuliani to put an end to the nonsense Michael Bloomberg is planning for Central Park?

Washington Prowler

The Tipper Point

The Prowler | 3.19.02

No one knows why Mrs. Gore thought about running — though it’s clear what other Democrats thought of the idea. Also: Found: a successor to Traficant.

Editor’s Desk

Primarily Incorrect

Wlady Pleszczynski | 3.19.02

Honesty and Kinsley. Whither Bill Maher? Chicago showdown.

Another Perspective

Right From Wrong

Reid Collins | 3.19.02

Whether in the Yates case or the pedophilia scandal, our tendency is to look away from evil, hope for an easy fix, and ignore what doing good requires.

Special Report

Amazon Warriors

Jeremy Lott | 3.19.02

Jeff Bezos continues to prove that to the panderers go the spoils.

Monday, March 18, 2002

Another Perspective

Hard Cases Make Strained Commentary

3.18.02

Time was Andrea Yates would have been hung with little thought; today we ask legitimate and important questions about her moral agency.

Washington Prowler

Picture These Exhibitions

The Prowler | 3.18.02

Hillary’s number one news source. John Edwards hangs out. Lott remains lost.

The Investor

Free Arthur Andersen

Michael Craig | 3.18.02

The only thing worse than the Big Five would be the Big Four.

Lifestyles Left and Right

California Schemin’

3.18.02

Like its spectacular spring, the state’s politics this season are also normal, which is to say, unlike anything that has gone before.

Movie Takes

A Mess and Andie

James Bowman | 3.18.02

Harrison’s Flowers is set in Bosnia, c. 1991, where only foreign news photographers are not insane.

Reader Mail

Stamps of Disapproval

3.18.02

In most arenas, TAP readers refuse to clown around, as this latest batch of letters confirms.

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