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January 2000 Issue - 19 ArticlesDepartments
- Letters, pp. 2-3
Features
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-8 Cyanide in the Fridge... The 36-Hour Stretch... Naomi and Jocelyn... Tips for Terrorist...
- Don't Be Down On The Farm
Sen. Byron Dorgan
, pp. 9-13 What we can do to preserve a national treasure.
Departments
- Tidbits & Outrages, p. 14
Features
- Beyond Band-Aids
David Nather
, pp. 15-21 Why incremental reform can't solve our health-care crisis.
- Reserves and Guard: A More Selective Service, pp. 22-24
Excerpted from Adam Hochschild's 1971 article on what it was really like to be in the R...
Departments
- Memo of the Month, p. 25
Features
- Medicine Wheel
Esther Pan
, pp. 26-27 A federal program that actually works.
Departments
- Who's Who, pp. 28-30
Cover Story
- Presidential Aptitude Test
Stephen Pomper and Nicholas Thompson
, pp. 31-37 What you really need to know to pick a president.
Departments
- Monthly Journalism Award, pp. 38-45
On Political Books
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Robert Kennedy, Good andBad (Review) Taylor Branch
, pp. 46-47 The scum and glory of later Camelot.
- In Love With Night by Ronald Steel
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Getting the Scoop (Review) Mark Feldstein
, pp. 48-50 Memories from journalism's golden age.
- Peace, War, and Politics by Jack Anderson and Daryl Gibson
Political Booknotes
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The Great War (Review) Andrew Cockburn
, p. 51 The Pity of War, by Niall Ferguson
- The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson
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Wannabe (Review) Christine Gray
, p. 52 On the Rez, by Ian Frazier
- On the Rez by Ian Frazier
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Staying at Home (Review) Curtis Cans
, p. 53 Nonvoters, by Jack C. Doppelt and Ellen Shearer
- Nonvoters by Jack C. Doppelt and Ellen Shearer
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Anti-Cynic (Review) Richard Kahlenberg
, p. 54 For Common Things, by Jedediah Purdy
- For Common Things by Jedediah Purdy
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Uncoordinated (Review) Romesh Ratnesar
, pp. 55-58 Flawed by Design, by Amy B. Zegart
- Flawed by Design by Amy B. Zegart
- Cover design, caricatures
Tara Mansbridge and Ron Coddington