Enemy of the Week
Made in America
4.12.02
There are protection rackets, and then there are protection rackets. How did Colin Powell’s toy boy qualify for both?
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Friday, April 12, 2002
The Current Crisis
No More Hooded Look
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.12.02
A sensitive Liberal cause suffers a discomforting setback.
The Investor
The Stench of a Snitch
Michael Craig | 4.12.02
By becoming Poster Boy for the Arthur Andersen Culture Club, David Duncan hocked his moral compass.
Washington Prowler
Armey Ambushed
The Prowler | 4.12.02
The House Majority Leader is betrayed one last time. Also: Clinton’s mysterious campaign plans.
Buy the Book
Atlas Parked
Jeremy Lott | 4.12.02
Calvin Trillin’s Tepper Isn’t Going Out, a comic novel set in New York City, celebrates stubbornness.
Movie Takes
The Cat’s Meow
James Bowman | 4.12.02
Peter Bogdanovich is one of those directors who is always coming back, though back from where it is never quite clear.
Thursday, April 11, 2002
To Be Absolutely Frank
Always at Home
Francis X. Rocca | 4.11.02
What does it tell you if after college the children never move out?
Washington Prowler
Florida Revisited
The Prowler | 4.11.02
Al Gore to return to scene of the crime. Also: Nancy Pelosi risks Frost bite.
The Current Crisis
Here Comes Seth Lipsky’s Sun
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 4.11.02
Beginning April 16: New York will never have it so good.
Sports Arena
A Masterful Experience
4.11.02
This is the time each year for sports fans to revel in beauty, far away from the wrong kind of crowd.
Reader Mail
What Women Don’t Want
4.11.02
Lad mags: a woman’s perspective. Also: Ted Turner on the loose, skin Flynt, Mahony and more.
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Editor’s Desk
Designer Looks
Wlady Pleszczynski | 4.10.02
A few thoughts about the Wall Street Journal’s makeover.
Loose Canons
Supercavitatingtorpsaretotallyhellacious
Jed Babbin | 4.10.02
Supercavitation will revolutionize naval warfare to a degree unseen in our lifetimes. The Russians have it, and they’re selling the technology to the Chicoms.
Washington Prowler
Pentagon Casualty
The Prowler | 4.10.02
It’s still unclear who sabotaged the Office of Strategic Influence. But senior Pentagon officials suspect the culprit may be one of their own.
Sports Arena
Unfriendly Confines
4.10.02
”Now batting, Osama bin Laden”: The Chicago Cubs take the field in the War on Terrorism.
Special Report
Sir Ted’s Excellent Western Adventure
Bill Croke | 4.10.02
Who cares if he rides roughshod over the interests of cattle ranchers?
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Washington Prowler
Clinton Numbers
The Prowler | 4.9.02
Will there be a recount? Also: Leach’s new initiative. Plus: Bold leadership from Daschle.
Editor’s Desk
Smiley Faces
Wlady Pleszczynski | 4.9.02
Some authors want to be liked. But you tend to like those who don’t care if they’re liked.
At Large
Pulitzer New York
John Corry | 4.9.02
The N.Y. Times wins a record number of prizes — not undeservedly.
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Good Intentions
4.9.02
Lee Harvey Oswald’s do-gooder friends — a review of Thomas Mallon’s Mrs. Paine’s Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy.
Another Perspective
The Clintonian Cardinal
George Neumayr | 4.9.02
Wild new charges of sexual abuse could save Roger Cardinal Mahony from the scrutiny he’s escaped on other fronts — particularly since he appears to own the reporter who covers him for the major paper in his archdiocese.
Reader Mail
Infernal France
4.9.02
It has no shame. Plus: Lad mags, strays, Traficant’s pleasant side, and more.
Monday, April 8, 2002
Washington Prowler
Powell’s 40-Carrot Mission
4.8.02
Also: Will Iowa save ANWR? Will the RNC save Illinois?
Another Perspective
You Are What You Read
4.8.02
What happened to men’s magazines? They’ve become lad mags.
Political Hay
The Essential Bush
Lawrence Henry | 4.8.02
His is a political strategy of breathtaking brinksmanship and long-range vision.
Lifestyles Left and Right
Eternal Verities (Well, Almost)
4.8.02
Some things everyone seems to know, but no one talks about.
Movie Takes
Lucky Break
James Bowman | 4.8.02
A British prison comedy in which Christopher Plummer steals the show — even as his prisoners attempt to escape during the musical show he has them starring in.
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