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March  1999  Issue
 
 
 
The Medicare Flimflam

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Christmas in Different Cultures
Growing Up Asian in American Society
How Does the World See the Clinton Impeachment?

 
MILLENNIAL MOMENTS
The Ascent of the Nation-State
Christopher S. Chivvis

 
SPECIAL REPORT--THE MEDICARE CHALLENGE
Introduction
Editor
The Origins of Medicare
Robert B. Helms
The Many Problems of Medicare
Robert E. Moffit
Reforming Medicare for the New Century
Daniel H. Johnson Jr., M.d.

ANALYSIS
Colombia: Civil War Without End?
Mark Holston

COMMENTARY
Who Should Control Our Land?: The Environment Needs Protection
John Echeverria
Who Should Control Our Land?: Our Property Rights Are Endangered
James V. Delong

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
Foul Play
David C. Slade

MEDIA IN REVIEW
Talk Radio Explosion
Kate Tsubata

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Ronald Lauder: Democratic Capitalist
Robert R. Selle

WORLD VIEWS
The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton

 

 
GARDENS
A Woman's Touch: Three Irish Gardens Inspired by Women
Marie Whitla O'reilly

HEALTH
Disabling Stress Before It Disables You: Insights Into How to Regain Your Serenity
William Laurence

 

 
COMMENTARY
The Mad Maximalist Strikes Again: Commentary on Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full
Philip Gerard

FEATURED BOOK
Introduction
Editor

REVIEWS
The Spartan Way
Ron Farwell
GATES OF FIRE
Steven Pressfield

The Light in Darkness
Robert Gingher
GOD: STORIES
Edited by C. Michael Curtis

Indelible Images
Shusha Guppy
MASTER GEORGIE
Beryl Bainbridge

On the Rack
Brian Mccombie
GERTRUDE OF STONY ISLAND AVENUE
James Purdy

The Afterlife, for Love and Profit
Joan Silber
SELENE OF THE SPIRITS
Melissa Pritchard

The Big Dictionary
Linda Simon
THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN
Simon Winchester

 

 
 
   

 
ART
Mary Cassatt, Genteel Powerhouse
Stephen May

DANCE
Potholes and Pirouettes: The Cuban Ballet at 50
Alanna Matthew

GALLERY
Sarah McCoubrey: Postmodern Pastoral
Editor

INTERARTS
Window to Japan's Past: The Arts of Fukuoka
Stephen Henkin

TELEVISION
More Than a Hint of Spice: TV in India
Shoba S. Rajgopal

 

   
AT THE EDGE
Smart Power
Taylor Moore

NATURE WALK
Sky Water
Ian Skilling

 

   
CROSSROADS
To Have It All: The Evolving Roles of Israeli Women
Nechemia Meyers
Ladies of the House: Domestic Labor in Postapartheid South Africa
Ettagale Blauer

FOLK WISDOM
The Old Woman and the Fish: A Folktale From Java
Jan Knappert

HERITAGE
Color in the River: The California Gold Rush
John Holmgren

PATTERNS
Crossed by Myth: Legends and Landscape in Wales
Dave Bartruff

PEOPLES
Difficult Times: Labrador's Innu Indians
Bryan Alexander

 

   
ESSAYS
Recovering the Study of History
Stephen Goode
Academic Life in the Sixties: Studying English at Berkeley
Jeffrey Meyers
Thinking About the Service Academies
Williamson Murray

FOREIGN POLICY AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
Introduction
Editor
Do Economic Sanctions Make Good Policy?
Richard G. Lugar

 
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