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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. 28, No. 7-8, July-August
Ernest Bombingway
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To: Jim Freeman, Unabomber task force From: Special Agent Thomas Mohnal Re: We found the enclosed document in the suspect's cabin. It seems to be an excerpt from some sort of quasi-autobiographical novel. Please have it catalogued and analyzed by the...
From Great Hope to Scapegoat
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Soon after the inauguration of President Clinton, Republican critics, led by former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, began a drumbeat of derision against the United Nations. They accused Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali of usurping unwarranted...
Government's Nine-to-Fivers
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For portal to the future, the setting is ruthlessly devoid of glamour: a large, off-white room, harsh neon lights, a buzzing noise of undetermined origin, rows of small, battered desks. In the examining room at the federal government,s office of Personnel...
Notes of an Opposition Researcher
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It's July 1994 and Midwest hot. I get off a plane, pick up a rental car, and drive straight to the state capital library, where I race through the state legislature votes recorded in some state house journals. Newspaper microfilm still must be scoured;...
The Best and Worst of Bob Dole
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By this point, you probably know all about Russell, sell, the war wound, and the "mean streak." In an era of personality politics, Bob Dole's personality has been combed over by the very best. We know he's a consummate dealmaker, but that he hates...
The Right Questions: What the Candidates Should Be Asked
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In November 1942, Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles learned authoritatively from the U.S. legation in Switzerland that Hitler had ordered the extermination of all Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe. Welles confided this information to Dr. Stephen Wise,...
You're Absolutely, Positively Pre-Approved; Maybe: How Credit Companies Twist the Truth - and Why Regulators Let Them
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Finally I was getting the truth: "Pre-approved doesn't always mean pre-approved." In one sentence, and without a hint of irony, a single customer service representative was correcting the ad copy of countless "pre-approved" credit card offers. I...
