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March 1999 Issue - 19 ArticlesDepartments
- Letters, pp. 2-3
Features
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-7 SAT Tutors... Deadbeat Dads... Protecting Pedestrians... Mitch McConnell's Maker's Mark...
Special Section: Taking on Big Tobacco
- Making it Uncool
Robert Worth
, pp. 8-13 Laughter is our best weapon in the war on teen smoking.
- The AMA's Cigarette PAC
Joshua Sharfstein
, pp. 14-16 Why does the American Medical Association support pro-tobacco candidates?
Features
- The GDP Myth
Jonathan Rowe and Judith Silverstein
, pp. 17-21 Why "growth" isn't always a good thing.
- Clinton Abroad
Jurek Martin
, pp. 22-26 His record isn't perfect, but it's better than the experts think.
Cover
- Bad Prescription
Kip Sullivan
, pp. 27-31 Why privatizing Medicare may be hazardous to your health.
Departments
- Monthly Journalism Award, pp. 32-33
Features
- Campaign Reform: A Way Forward
Paul Taylor
, pp. 34-37 Close the loopholes, provide free air time, and fire the consultants.
Departments
- Who's Who, pp. 38-40
- Memo of the Month, p. 41
On Political Books
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The Epic Years (Review) John Kenneth Galbraith
, pp. 42-43 A magisterial history of the century's defining decades.
- Freedom from Fear by David M. Kennedy
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Down! Set! Tut! Tut! (Review) Christopher Buckley
, pp. 44-45 Hiking toward Bethlehem.
- Monday Morning Quarterback by Jonathan Yardley
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The Hidden Wound (Review) David J. Garrow
, pp. 46-47 The story of a black lawyer who tried and failed to ignore his race.
- The Good Black by Paul M. Barrett
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The Glamour Trap (Review) Joshua Wolf Shenk
, pp. 48-51 Are "entertainment values" blinding us to what really matters?
- Life: The Movie by Neal Gabler
Political Booknotes
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Tilted Scales (Review) Colman McCarthy
, p. 52 No Equal Justice, by David Cole
- No Equal Justice by David Cole
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GE's Greed (Review) Morton Mintz
, pp. 52-54 At Any Cost, by Thomas F. O'Boyle
- At Any Cost by Thomas F. O'Boyle
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Capital Follies (Review) Jon Meacham
, p. 55 Little Green Men, by Christopher Buckley
- Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
Departments
- Tidbits and Outrages, pp. 56-58