June 7, 1999 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
  Readers respond to our new look, etc.
- TRB: Live a Little
  Jonathan Cohn
  , pp. 6-7
  Health care costs are going up again. Is that really such a bad thing?
- White House Watch: Bad Call
  Dana Milbank
  , pp. 8-10
  The president's bungled attempt to be a spin doctor for the Gore campaign
- Vital Center
  The Editors
  , p. 11
  Ehud Barak's election is a victory for the new pragmatic majority in Israeli society
- Groundless
  The Editors
  , p. 12
  The growing confusion at the heart of the Clinton administration's Kosovo strategy
- Jerusalem Dispatch: By, Bye Bibi
  Hillel Halkin
  , pp. 13-14
  Why history may be kinder to Netanyahu than the Israeli electorate was, and why Ehud Ba...
- Sisterhood Is Weak
  Naomi Schaefer
  , p. 15
  What today's feminist journalists could learn from the late Meg Greenfield
- As the Kremlin Turns
  Jacob Heilbrunn
  , p. 16
  The latest pointless power struggle in Yeltsin's increasingly illiberal democracy
- Class Struggle
  Tyce Palmaffy
  , pp. 17-19
  Yale's graduate students may never win their campaign for union recognition. But they h...
- Summer's Day
  John B. Judis
  , pp. 20-23
  Now that Robert Rubin has stepped aside at the Treasury Department, America's economic ...
- The Wrong Race
  Michelle Cottle
  , pp. 24-29
  All signs point toward a Hillary-for-Senate run in New York. Democrats seem to think th...
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  On Films: Under Florentine Skies (Review)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , pp. 30-31
  Tea with Mussolini (1999 Film), by Franco Zeffirelli
  1. Tea with Mussolini (1999 Film) by Franco Zeffirelli
- On Theater: Spring Roundup
  Robert Brustein
  , pp. 32-33
  Eugene O'Neill, David Hare, Conor McPherson, and Martin McDonagh on Broadway
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  The Revolution That Never Was (5 Reviews)
  Alan Wolfe
  , pp. 34-41
  Against Liberalism, by John Kekes
  1. Against Liberalism by John Kekes
  2. A Case for Conservatism by John Kekes
  3. After Liberalism by Paul E. Gottfried
  4. Conservatism by Jerry Z. Muller
  5. The Future and Its Enemies by Virginia Postrel
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  After Virtue (2 Reviews)
  Katha Pollitt
  , pp. 42-45
  Monica's Story, by Andrew Morton
  1. Monica's Story by Andrew Morton
  2. All Too Human by George Stephanopoulos
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  The Fanatic (Review)
  David Thomson
  , pp. 46-47
  Truffaut, by Antoine de Baecque and Serge Toubiana
  1. Truffaut by Antoine de Baecque and Serge Toubiana
- Visiting the Master
  Stephen Dunn
  , pp. 48-49
- Mitteleuropa Diarist: Parallels
  Niall Ferguson
  , pp. 50-52
- On the Cover: Illustation
  Robert Grossman