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September 1987 Issue - 20 Articles- Letters, pp. 1-5
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 6-10 Doctors on welfare three minesweepers... . Armand Hammer's medical bills.... Playgroun...
- Green Thumbs: The PiK and Roll and Other Scams from the Farm Belt
Jeffrey L. Pasley
, pp. 11-16 The ingenious ways farmers milk government subsidy programs.
- Hot Chain Nixes Wingo, Buscapades--Nabs Pulitzers, Big Bucks
Matthew Cooper
, pp. 17-22 Knight-Ridder shows that newspaper chains can be profitable--and good.
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 23
- AFL-CIO is Spanish for Union-Busting
Frank Smyth
, pp. 24-26 How the U.S. and big labor fight communism by opposing popular unions and setting up un...
- Who's Who, p. 27
- Memo of the Month, p. 28
- Charming Her Way to the White House
Philip Weiss
, pp. 29-43 Air travel stinks, auto safety's a joke--and Washington still loves Liddy Dole
- Political Puzzle, p. 44
On Political Books
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Making McKinley Sexy (Review) Steven Waldman
, pp. 45-48 Gore Vidal's fiction is fun and accurate. Too bad his non-fiction is reckless and annoy...
- Empire by Gore Vidal
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Sex and Drugs and Heidegger (Review) Jacob Weisberg
, pp. 49-52 Allan Bloom picks the wrong enemies, the right solutions, and gives up hope too soon.
- The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
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Manila Fudge (2 Reviews) James Fallows
, p. 53 How the U.S. tries to have it both ways in the Philippines.
- Waltzing with a Dictator by Raymond Bonner
- Inside the Philippine Revolution by William Chapman
- Monthly Journalism Award, pp. 54-57
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Political Booknotes (5 Reviews) , p. 58 -
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Review The Brutality of Nations, by Dan Jacobs (Review) Robert D. Kaplan
, p. 58 - The Brutality of Nations by Dan Jacobs
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Review Federalism: The Founders' Design, by Raoul Berger (Review) Dan Farber
, p. 59 - Federalism: The Founders' Design by Raoul Berger
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Review Steering the Elephant, by Robert Rector and Mi... (Review) Peter Mooney
, p. 59 - Steering the Elephant by Robert Rector and Michael Sanera
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Review Straight from the Heart, by Jesse L. Jackson, ... (Review) Juan Williams
, p. 59 - Straight from the Heart by Jesse L. Jackson, Roger D. Hatch, and Frank E. Watkins, ...
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Review "Democracy is in the Streets", by James Miller (Review) Nicholas Lemann
, pp. 60-62 - "Democracy is in the Streets" by James Miller
- Cover
Stanley Tretick