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September 1998- Volume 30 Issue 9

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Features

4 Tilting at Windmills
Clever Polluters . . . Forgotten Films . . . Stone Wall Fever . . . Movers and Shakedowners . . .Unmedicated Murderers.

by Charles Peters

8 Sorry, Wrong Number
Ever tried to make a simple call to your government?

by Seth Grossman

11 Too Well Endowed?
Are top universities more concerned about money than about educating students?

by Michelle Cottle

16 What's Hot at APSA
What the latest research reveals about race, crime, money, politics, and American values.

by Will Van Sant

Also, top picks from the insiders: Linda Fowler, James M. Glaser, Larry J. Sabato, Michael J. Sandel.

22 Military Quacks
It's time to repair the military medical system.

by Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith

Cover

28 Reinvention Lite
Al Gore has a long way to go.

by Robert Worth

34 Cheap Tricks
When employers cheat on their workers comp insurance, everybody pays.

by Rebekah Young

On Political Books

40 D.C.'s Demagogue-In-Chief
How a potentially great black leader betrayed his promise, his city, and his people.

by Michael Powell

42 Moral Economics
What the campaign for a living wage is really about.

by Paul Krugman

46 Political Booknotes
Reviews by Preston Lerner, Michael J. Ybarra, E. Joshua Rosencrantz, and John J. Fialka.

 

Departments

2 Letters

26 Who's Who

36 Monthly Journalism Award

39 Memo of the Month

45 Tidbits & Outrages


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