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May 1999 - Volume 31 Issue 5

This month, we feature two articles that analyze the way the Clinton administration has dealt with scandal.

HILLARY'S BIG MISTAKE
Former Clinton adviser George Stephanopoulos describes Hillary's decision to stonewall on Whitewater in 1993--a decision that helped lead to the appointment of an Independent Counsel and ultimately to impeachment.

SCANDAL MANAGEMENT 101
Former White House Counsel Lanny J. Davis describes his tactics for releasing bad news to the press quickly and quietly.

HUCKSTERS IN UNIFORM
Ralph Peters
Retired Army officer, and military commentator Ralph Peters traces the waste and venality of today's military to our elites' reluctance to serve.

METHOD MADNESS
Carol Innerst
An examination of the standards in todays' teacher training programs, and the effect they are having on the quality of public school education in this country.

TILTING AT WINDMILLS
Charles Peters muses on: Bewildered Paratroopers... Blind Truckdrivers... Rampant Nepotism... Paula's Nice Mortgage... "The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck"...

ECLIPSE OF A STATESMAN
Jacob Heilbrunn
Why Dr. K's star has fallen. A review of YEARS OF RENEWAL, the last installment in the memoirs of Henry Kissinger.

BAD APPLE
Steven Lohr
A review of INFINITE LOOP: How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insane by Michael S. Malone.

WHO'S WHO?
The Monthly's own Susan Threadgill lays the the lowdown on the movers, the shakers, and just plain bad dancers in the Washington political world.

TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES
The hazards of girl watching, Killer Grannies, and how teachers can more effectively keep their students alert in class.