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Friday, September 20, 2002

Enemy of the Week

When All Is Sarandon

9.20.02

Not everyone will sign on to this inspection plan.

The Virginian

SUV Heaven

Dave Shiflett | 9.20.02

Everyone knows they’re safe, except Howell Raines’s man in Hong Kong, who travels by rickshaw.

Washington Prowler

Al Aims to Appease

The Prowler | 9.20.02

Will it be Unpatriotic Gore?

To Be Absolutely Frank

Curious George Forever

Francis X. Rocca | 9.20.02

Celebrating a hero who transcends the generations.

Buy the Book

Mencken’s Axe

9.20.02

The first great contrarian of American Letters was quite a book reviewer, a new collection reminds us.

Reader Mail

On Shaky Grounds

9.20.02

Suicide and Flight 93. Zimbabwean farming. Plus much more.

Thursday, September 19, 2002

At Large

Mugabe and the Grand Tradition

John Corry | 9.19.02

Race baiters gave the Zimbabwean brute a friendly New York welcome last week — causing no small amount of anguish at the N.Y. Times.

Washington Prowler

Sour Grapefruits

The Prowler | 9.19.02

Al Gore leaves a bitter taste in Florida. Also: Tom Daschle has no taste for leadership.

The Investor

The Greatest Fool

Michael Craig | 9.19.02

The capacity of the American investor to get snookered is limitless. Look what he’s willing to think about Tyco.

The Current Crisis

Gray Suddenly Fears Green

George Neumayr | 9.19.02

In California, Peter Miguel Camejo is playing Ralph Nader to Gray Davis’s Al Gore.

The Current Crisis

My Mafia Memories

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.19.02

The guys in Chicago were a lot suaver than the slobs on ”The Sopranos.”

Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Live From New York

The Time Is Now

Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder | 9.18.02

A madman armed with deadly modalities is loose in the Middle East, threatening the stability of the entire world.

Political Hay

Voting Error

Tracy Robinson | 9.18.02

It matters in close races, but only as an excuse.

Washington Prowler

Upbeat and Personal

The Prowler | 9.18.02

In California it’s not over. In House races, a new fear factor.

The Current Crisis

Among the Big Liars

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 9.18.02

Just where did Clinton stand in the last war?

Another Perspective

My Bet With Raul

Lawrence Henry | 9.18.02

If non-Hispanic Americans learn Spanish, America’s Spanish-speaking immigrants will learn English that much faster.

Movie Takes

Barbershop

James Bowman | 9.18.02

A place where they don’t care what Jesse Jackson thinks.

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Washington Prowler

In Security Mode

The Prowler | 9.17.02

Al Gore’s early return to Florida. Tom Daschle — and Trent Lott — stall on Homeland Security.

Loose Canons

Deadlines and Diplo-Games

Jed Babbin | 9.17.02

After the President’s big speech last week it’s clear that the only deadlines that matter are those he sets and not those proposed by the U.N., Tariq Aziz or Tom Daschle.

Another Perspective

The Zone Revisited

9.17.02

The Twilight Zone is returning to television. But can it deliver on the conservative themes of Rod Serling’s original?

Political Hay

Reckless Abandon

George Neumayr | 9.17.02

A Zogby poll suggests Californians are hardly the socially permissive fodder state Democrats can abuse at will.

Movie Takes

Stealing Harvard

James Bowman | 9.17.02

You’ll be disappointed, but you’ll laugh a lot too.

Reader Mail

Package Deals

9.17.02

Free votes, India, Iraq, Corning, GE, cattle drives, and more.

Monday, September 16, 2002

Washington Prowler

Big Talkers

The Prowler | 9.16.02

From Clinton on down, the bigger the talk, the smaller the man (and woman).

Special Report

Big Eli and Little Wahb

Bill Croke | 9.16.02

Politicking and parades in the most Republican state in the universe.

Lifestyles Left and Right

Four Ways for CEOs to Retire

9.16.02

Do any of them still go out quietly and with dignity?

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