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December 1998 - Volume 30 Issue 12


THE CLINTON-LEWINSKY OBSESSION -- High Crimes & Misdemeanors? Perjury? Obstruction of Justice? Tampering with Witnesses? Are these the issues that have truly offended our nation's delicate political sensibilities? Just pick up any newspaper, browse any news magazine, surf the channels, the web and you'll find that everyone is talking about... SEX. Juicy Gossip and Explicit Speculation.

Unprecedented as the case may be, has the media gone too far in it's coverage of one of the most awkward presidential crisis in history. Todd Gitlin thinks so, and in this month's cover story he tells us how the the national press has made a scandal of itself.

THE SPEAKER ~ Alexandra Starr ... The Monthly's Alexandra Starr finds out what you should know about Bob Livingston.

TILTING AT WINDMILLS -- Charles Peters muses upon: A King's Compliment... Hinckley's Holiday... Tripp's Step... Ground Truth... The Case of the Vigilant Taxpayer...

Happy Holidays from the Monthly!!

DEATH OF A PEACEMAKER ~ Joshua Brook... Yitzhak Rabin's murder revealed a lethal rift in Israeli society. A review of MURDER IN THE NAME OF GOD: The Plot to Kill Yitzhak Rabin by Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman.

VOX POPULI ~ Gregg Easterbrook... A review of WHO SPEAKS FOR AMERICA? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy by Eric Alterman.

HOLIDAY BOOKLIST -- The Monthly gives you it's best picks from 1998.

MEMO OF THE MONTH -- Yet another treasure from the White House.

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