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October 1998- Volume 30 Issue 10

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Features

4 Tilting at Windmills
The Folly of Impeachment . . . Lee's Miserables . . . Shortchanging Students . . . The Booze Boys . . . When in Doubt, Reorganize..

by Charles Peters

9 A New Prescription
Investing in substance-abuse treatment would take a big bite out of crime.

by Joseph A Califano Jr.

12 Love Potion #9.1 - Cover Story
Viagra is just the latest weapon in Americans' battle with Mother Nature.

by Michelle Cottle

17 Achilles Heel
Why the Capitol is still an easy target for terrorism.

by Jason Bryson-Alderman

20 Sex, Lies, & Presidents
Clinton's not the first president to shade the truth.

by Rick Shenkman

22 Republicans at the Trough
In the states, as in Washington, Republicans are just as fond of pork as Democrats.

by Tyler Bridges

26 Monicagate: Which Side Are You On

30 Potty Politics
Doesn't the federal government have anything better to worry about?

by Ben Lieberman

On Political Books

30 The Good Citizen
How our ideals of citizenship are changing.

by Nicholas Lemann

34 The Limits of the Law
Arthur Liman's career sheds light on scandals from Iran-Contra to Monicagate.

by James Fallows

37 Worlds Apart
At the heart of our racial problems is the failure of integration.

by Robert Worth

39 Red Army Blues
The untold story of the Russian Army's disintegration.

by Ralph Peters

41 Lost Solutions
What we've forgotten about what worked in the War on Drugs

by Timothy Noah

48 Political Booknotes
Reviews by Thomas E. Ricks, Esther Schrader, and Jim Newton.

 

Departments

2 Letters

14 Who's Who

19 Monthly Journalism Award

28 Memo of the Month

45 Tidbits & Outrages


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