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October 1994 Issue - 21 ArticlesDepartments
- Letters, pp. 2-3
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-8 White House tempers... golf's real hazards... Hollywood's sacred cows ... the political...
- Has the ACLU Lost Its Mind?
Amitai Etzioni
, pp. 9-11 By taking on truly bizarre cases--from supporting tobacco companies to defending child ...
- The Five Dumbest Supreme Court Decisions
Daniel Franklin
, pp. 12-17 A stroll through the Brethren's Hall of Shame.
- Who's Who, pp. 18-19
- The Case Against the Military Academies
Scott Shuger
, pp. 20-22 West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy produce officers who are no better tha...
- Memo of the Month, p. 23
- The World's Most Dangerous Yard Sale
Timothy Noah
, pp. 24-28 How the U.S. government sold hardware and blueprints for a nuclear bomb to an Idaho use...
- Who's Calling the Shots at Fidelity?
Joseph Nocera
, pp. 29-34 What worries mutual fund managers should worry you. A look inside the high-pressure cul...
- Monthly Journalism Award, p. 35
- Very Risky Business
Senator Byron Dorgan
, pp. 36-40 If we don't watch out, a new kind of Wall Street gambling--exotic derivatives trading--...
On Political Books
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Gossip, Politics, and Power (Review) Jon Meacham
, pp. 41-45 From Walter Winchell and FDR to Liz Smith and Hillary Clinton, a cultural primer on how...
- Winchell by Neal Gabler
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Sex, Please, I'm British (Review) Diana McLellan
, pp. 46-49 An English politician's diary dishes about everything from Margaret Thatcher's shapely ...
- Mrs. Thatcher's Minister by Alan Clark
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 50
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To Have and To Spin (Review) Matthew Cooper
, pp. 51-54 How Mary Matalin and James Carville are campaigning to be Washington's hottest celebrit...
- All's Fair by Mary Matalin, James Carville, and Peter Knobler
- Political Puzzle, p. 55
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Political Booknotes (4 Reviews) , p. 56 -
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Review Scarcity or Abundance?, by Norman Myers, Nancy... (Review) Gregg Easterbrook
, p. 56 - Scarcity or Abundance? by Norman Myers, Nancy J. Myers, and Julian Simon
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Review Understanding American Economic Decline, by Mi... (Review) Hobart Rowen
, p. 57 - Understanding American Economic Decline by Michael A. Bernstein and David E. Adler
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Review Who Guards the Guardians?, by The National Com... (Review) Adam Yarmolinsky
, pp. 58-59 - Who Guards the Guardians? by The National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy, ...
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Review Breakup, by Lansing Lamont (Review) Charles W. Bailey
, pp. 60-62 - Breakup by Lansing Lamont
- Cover illustration
Jeanne Brunnick