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March 1999 - Volume 31 Issue 3

BAD PRESCRIPTION: Why Privatizing Medicare May be Hazardous to Your Health -- Through all the buzz and controversy, what is the real state of healthcare at the end of the 20th century? There are many proposals floating around that attempt to remedy ills inherent in the current Medicare system, but who are these solutions coming from, and how can any of them truly ensure a safe solution for America's aging population?

Kip Sullivan takes a concerted look at today's healthcare system. Between Medicare and HMOs, he reveals both where the problems lie and whose interests are really being argued in the debate taking place on Capitol Hill.

MAKING IT UNCOOL
Robert Worth
Added Taxes? Fines for Merchants? More funds for Anti-Smoking advertising? Despite all of these measures, cigarette smoking among teenagers still continues to soar, leaving parents and legislators alike up in arms. TWM's Robert Worth talks about the history of the anti-smoking crusade, and proposes a few possible ideas of his own.

THE GDP MYTH
Jonathan Rowe/Judith Silverstein
Yes, America is growing - But into what? If you believe the words of Clinton and others alike, the upward expansion of the US economy is fostering in a new era of prosperity. But, are these numbers the true bottom line of what is happening in America today? What price do we pay for this new growth?

TILTING AT WINDMILLS
Charles Peters muses upon: SAT Tutors... Deadbeat Dads... Protecting Pedestrians... Mitch McConnell's Maker's Mark... Why Sally Hemings Upsets Conservatives...

DOWN! SET! TUT! TUT!
Chistopher Buckley
A review of Monday Morning Quarterback by Jonathan Yardley.

THE EPIC YEARS
John Kenneth Galbraith
A magisterial history of the centuryıs defining decades. A review of FREEDOM FROM FEAR: The American People in Depression and War 1923-1945 by David Kennedy.

THE HIDDEN WOUND
David Garrow
The story of a black lawyer who tried and failed to ignore his race. A review of THE GOOD BLACK: A Story of Race in America by Paul M. Barrett.

MEMO OF THE MONTH
How academics make a Living off of Martha Stewart.

WHO'S WHO
Scandalous code names... Nixon's "Silent Majority"... John McCain looking to be on the move... Jesse "The Body" Ventura still standing...