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The Washington Monthly
An independent monthly magazine devoted to politics, government, culture, and the media in America, from a progressive perspective. Publishes investigative and opinion-based feature articles by notable authors, short news items, humorous sidebars, and boo
Articles from Vol. 32, No. 4, April
Fighting Chance
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Why we need enriching childcare to give our kids a fair start IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED HOW important decent childcare is to poor families in the United States, consider the following two stories--one sad, one hopeful--from the beginning of the...
He's No Pinocchio
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How the press has exaggerated Al Gore's exaggerations AL GORE MAY COME ACROSS TO MANY Americans as a smart guy with lots of experience and a clunky personal style. But the national news media have repeatedly portrayed the vice president in a much...
Letters
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Exner Explained Prof. Michael O'Brien is wrong ("The Exner File," December 1999). Judith Exner did not fabricate her claim of carrying cash from JFK to Sam Giancana. The Church Committee suspected she was a courier when it gingerly questioned her...
Overdose
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Why Clinton's Colombia policy needs rehab IN THE NORTHERN COLOMBIAN TOWN OF El Salado in mid-February, a band of paramilitaries allegedly drank and hooted as they slaughtered almost 30 peasants they suspected of being sympathetic left-wing guerrillas....
Pull the Plug
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Why HMO rearm can never really work IN SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1996, Joseph K., an 80-year-old Minneapolis man insured by an HMO named Medica, slipped on some ice while feeding birds in his yard and cracked a rib. He died Friday morning, December...
Tidbits & Outrages
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Keepin' `em down in the Delta A bill introduced in the Mississippi legislature in January would make it illegal for a male customer in a strip club to have an erection, even if entirely clothed. What do you mean, you don't want the wafer?!? ...
Tilting at Windmills
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Hillary's Pink Blouse * Allan's Threat To Albert * Greed on PBS The Boomer Space Race * Wrong Man in Wrong Place II HILLARY CLINTON'S "CAMPAIGN wardrobe is getting a little ... repetitive" charged the March 6 issue of Time. It illustrates this grave...
Untruth in Advertising
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Why the press needs to take on Harry and Louise POSITIONED NEXT TO A PHOTOGRAPH of a smiling elderly couple named Ann & Fred of Nokesville, Va., a senior named Flo explained her message in a full-paged ad in The Washington Post this January:...
Who's Who
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George W. Bush has been plowing new ground in English usage. To resolve disputes between patients and insurers, he has called for an "arbitrary panel" Describing the need for a strong defense, he replied, "there is madmen in the world and there are...
