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May 5, 1997 Issue - 19 Articles- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
David Keene v. Stephen Glass on conservative loutishness, etc.
- TRB: Banality and Evil
Michael Kelly
, p. 6Louis Farrakhan is a bigot and a hater. Why do Republican conservatives flirt with him?
- Judgment Day
The Editors
, p. 7A German court repeats what we know about Iran
- Notebook, p. 8
Reno corrupts Justice for Clinton, Byrd finds justice for pork, etc.
- Out of Order
Joseph Landau
, p. 9Why same-sex sexual harassers go free
- Balanced Books
Catherine Elton
, pp. 10-11The new front in the culture wars: libraries
- On the Hill: Left Hook
David Grann
, pp. 12-13Forget about triangulation. The president, wracked by scandal, needs help from liberals...
- Minsk Dispatch: Back to the U.S.S.R.
Anna Husarska
, p. 14In a small, nasty corner of Eastern Europe, a megalomaniacal dictator revives the bad o...
- Age of Innocence
Alexandra Pelosi
, pp. 15-16Even as prison overcrowding forces the parole of dangerous, youthful criminals, a growi...
- Going Through the Emotions
John B. Judis
, pp. 17-19Washington commences its annual slugfest over MFN for China, a struggle full of sound a...
- Superhighway Robbery
Paul Taylor
, pp. 20-22How America's broadcasters finagled tens of billions of dollars in airwave rights out o...
- The Hard Questions: Heaven Can Wait
Jean Bethke Elshtain
, p. 23The difference between cultists and Christians
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Young People and Others (3 Reviews)Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 24-25Chasing Amy (1997 Film), by Kevin Patrick Smith
- Chasing Amy (1997 Film) by Kevin Patrick Smith
- Hollow Reed (1997 Film) by Angela Pope
- Anna Karenina (1997 Film) by Bernard Rose
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Originalist Sin (2 Reviews)Jeffrey Rosen
, pp. 26-35A Matter of Interpretation, by Antonin Scalia and Amy Gutmann
- A Matter of Interpretation by Antonin Scalia and Amy Gutmann
- Original Meanings by Jack N. Rakove
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Master and Man (2 Reviews)Stephen Owen
, p. 36The Analects of Confucius, by Simon Leys and Confucius
- The Analects of Confucius by Simon Leys and Confucius
- The Analects of Confucius by Chichung Huang and Confucius
- Everybody
Mark Levine
, pp. 37-38 [+]
Meet the Platters (Review)David A. Bell
, pp. 39-41The Beggar and the Professor, by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
- The Beggar and the Professor by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
- Cambridge Diarist: My Wives Club
Dana Milbank
, pp. 42-44 - Cover
Eric Baker