b yD a v id
M .E w a lt
" E v ili s o b v io u so n lyi nre tro s p e c t."
-G lo riaS te in e m ,O utrageous A c ts
" T h ep a s ti sn e v e rd e a d .
I t'sn o te v e np a s t."
-W illiam
F a u lk n e r,R e q u ie m
fo raN un
S in c eth is
i sth efin a li s s u eo f th isy e a r ,Ith o u g h t
I
w o u ldp ro v id e
ab rie flo o kb a c ka ta llo fth esem ester's
new ss t o r i e s ,s oa st ot i eu pl o o s ee n d sa n dp a s s
o nw hat
h a sh a p p e n e d
inth etim es i n c ep u b lic a tio n .
P le a s efo r-
g iv e
m e
a
b it
o fe d ito ria liz in g ..
i fy o u
w ant
s tra ig h t
fa c ts ,
y o u 'r e
p ro b a b ly
lo o k in g
in
th e
w ro n g
p la c e .
A nyw ay,h e r ei sth esem esteri nreview .
"C R A C K
A D D IC T
G IV E N
K E Y S
T O
N A T IO N 'S
C A P IT O L "
W a s h in g to n ,
D .C .
seem s
to
b e
th e
o n ly
p la c e
i n
A m erica
w here
R e p u b lic a n s
h a v e
n o tta k e n
o v e r com -
p le te ly -e v e nth o u g hth e yd idg iv eit ag o o dtry .
M arion
B arry
w onth e
D .C .m ayoralo f f i c ew ith
fifty -fiv e
p e r-
c e n t
o f
th e
v o te ,
b e a tin g
o u t
C arol
S chw artz,
th e
R e p u b lic a n
c a n d id a te ,
w ith
o n ly
fo rty -fo u r
p e rc e n t.
W hilefifty -fiv ep e r c e n tw o u ldb ec o n s i d e r e d
am a n d a te
in
m ost
e le c tio n s ,
it
is
n o t
a t
a ll
im pressive
i n
W a s h in g to n .
C o n s id e rin g
th a tD .C .i so v e r e ig h ty
p e r-
c e n tD em ocrat,atw e n ty -fiv ep e r c e n ttu rn o v e ri ssom e-
w hato fa nin d ic tm e n to f B arry .
O nth esam ed a yB arryw asr e e l e c t e d ,o fc o u r s e ,th e
R e p u b lic a n s
to o k
o v e r C ongress.
S in c e
W a s h in g to n ,
D .C .is n 'tas ta te ,th e irb u d g e tc o n c e rn sa n do th e ri s s u e s
a rereview ed( a n da p p r o v e d )e a c hy e a rb yth e C ongress.
I ts h o u l db ein te re s tin g to seeh o wB arryc a n w o rkw ith
m enlik eN ew tG in g ric ha n d P h il G ram m .
" T H E R IM E O F TH EP E A N U T
FARM ER"
T h e rei sl i t t l et on o th in gn e w
tore p o rta b o u t th issto ry .
H a itia nP r e s i d e n t A ristid e'sr e t u r nt o pow erh a sb e e ng e n -
e ra llyc a lm
a n de a s y ,a n de x - P r e s i d e n tJim m yC arterh a s
s lip p e db a c k in tore la tiv eo b s c u rity .
O n ly C o linP o w e ll,
fo rm er C hairm ano fth eJ o i n tC h ie fso fS t a f fa n do n eo f
th em em berso f C arter's
d ip lo m a ticte a m , is stilli n
th e
new s.
I n
th e
w eeks
s in c e
th e
R e p u b lic a n
ta k e o v e r
o f
W a s h in g to n( h e r e a f t e rr e f e r r e d
toa s "B lackT u e s d a y " ) ,
th e re
h a s
b e e n
m uch
s p e c u la tio n
a b o u tB illC lin to n 's
c h a n c e sfo rre e le c tio n
a n dw ho
w o u ldru na g a i n s thim .
O ne nam eth a tk e e p sp o p p in gu pi sP o w e ll's -h e 'sv e r y
p o p u la rb e c a u s e
o fH a iti a n dD esertS to rm ,
a n dh e 's
n e v e r m adea n yu n p o p u la rp o litic a ld e c i s i o n s .
I nfa c t,P o w e llh a sn e v e rm adea n y
p o litic a ld e c i-
s io n s .
S ol i t t l ei sknow na b o u th isp o litic sth a t th e rei s
g re a td e b a te
o v e ra s sim p lea n
is s u ea sw hatp a rty
h e
b e lo n g s
to .
I ti s
in te re s tin g
t o
s e e
p e o p le
s u p p o rta
c a n d id a te
a b o u tw h ic h
th e yk n o w
n o th in g ...n o t u n lik e
th ee a rlyd a y so fR ossP e ro t'sp re s id e n tia lc a m p a ig n .
"SA D D A M
H U S S E IN :
L E A D E RO RL O SE R ?"
A llh a sb e e nq u ie ti nI r a qs i n c eth ep u b lic a tio no f th is
a rtic le .
U Stro o p sa r eslo w lyp u llin go u ta n dd ip lo m a ts
a rea g a intry in gt or e s o l v eth eI r a q is itu a tio n .
O nein te r-
e s tin gp ie c eo fnew sth a th a s com eo u ta b o u tI r a q :
I nth e
y e a rss i n c eth eG u lf W ar,S a d d a m
h a s c o n tin u o u s lycom -
p la in e d
o fth e
W est's
"econom ic
o p p re s s io n "
a n d
h is
c o u n try 's
fa ilin g
econom y.
M e a n w h ile ,
I r a q 's"M aster
B u ild e r"h a ss p e n to v e rab illio nd o lla rso nn e w
p a la c e s
a n dV IPf a c i l i t i e s .
H owb a dc a nth es a n c tio n sb eh u rtin g
I r a qi fS a d d a m
w as a b let otrip leth enum bero f h is hom es
tofo rty -fiv e ?
A lo n gt h o s elin e s ,c o n t r o v e r s y
s tillr a g e so v e r w hoi s
to
b la m e
fo r
th e
G u lf's
problem s;
th e
U .S .
o rIra q .
C oncerned
s tu d e n tC h ris
S o ro c h in ,
w hose
le tte r
w as
p rin te d
tw oi s s u e sa g o ,s e n ti ny e ta n o th e rm issiveth is
w eek.
W hileh isn o tei sto o
lo n ga n d
b yn o w
to o
o u t-
d a te dt op rin ti ni t se n tire ty ,h e r ea r eh is m ostp r o v o c a -
tiv ep o in ts :
1. I'm
aty p ic a lc o n s e r v a t i v e
2 .
I 'm
ac lo s e tn a z i
W h ile M r.S o ro c h ini sn o tth ef i r s tp e r s o n to callm ea
n a z i,h ei sth ef i r s tt ola b e lm ec o n s e rv a tiv e .
T h a n k sfo r
th el e t t e r ,C h ris!
"C R O C K TH EV O T E "
W ith M arioC u o m o 'sl o s si nth eg u b e rn a to ria le le c tio n ,
th e
b ig
is s u e
h a sbecom e
w hat M ario
w illd o
in
th e
fu tu re .
Ifin d m yselfi nth eu n u s u a lp o s itio no fa g re e in g
w ithR ushL im b a u g h ,w hos u g g e s t e d
C uom os h o u l dg e t
h is
ow n
ta lk
s h o w
a n d
becom e
th e
L ib e ra l
R ush
L im b a u g h .
Io n lyh o p eth a t M ariow o u ld n 'th a v e to gain
fo u rh u n d r e dp o u n d st od os o .
O th e rs u g g e s t i o n sr a n g e d
fro m
b e c o m in g
th e
com m issioner
M a jo r
L e a g u e
o f
B aseballt oa rg u in gN ewY o r k 'sf i r s t d e a thp e n a ltyc a s e .
"M A R C HO FTH EP IG S "
T h eR e p u b lic a n
p a rty
h a sc o n tin u e d
tos h o w
itstru e
c o lo rsi nth ew eekss i n c eB la c kT u e s d a y .
F u tu reC h a ir
o f
th e
S e n a te
F o re ig n
R e la tio n s
C o m m issio n
J e s s e
H elm sm adenew sw henh es a i di n
anew spaperin te r-
v ie w
th a tB illC lin to ni ss ou n p o p u la rw ithth em ilitary
in N o rthC a ro lin ath a th es h o u l db rin gab o d y g u a rdi fh e
visits thes ta te .
T h is com m ent has beendeem ed
w o rth y
o f e n tryin tom yp e r s o n a lq u o teb o o k , w herei t w ills i t
n e x t
to
J e s s e 's
1 9 6 4
s ta te m e n t
d e s c rib in g
th e
C iv il
Rights A ct "the single m ost dangerousp ie c e ofle g is la -
tio ne v e rin tro d u c e d
in
th eC ongress".
G oodth in k in g ,
J e s s e !
W ayt os h o wth ep u b licy o u 'r e
w o rk in gto rn o n
p a rtis a n s h ip !
Is s u e st ocom e:
O fc o u rs e ,Ih a v en oid e a e x a c tlyw hatn e x tsem ester
w illb rin g ,b u t som e
s to r ie sy o u
m ay
w antt o
k c o p
a n
e y eo n :
* T h e
G in g rich /D o le/G ram m
in te ra c tio n :
A llt l i r e eo f
th e s ele a d in g
R e p u b lic a n s
a rec o n s i d e r i n g
P re s id e n tia l
b id s .
I ts h o u l db ein te re s tin g
tos e efu tu re
c o m p e tito rs
tr yt ow o rkto g e th e r.
* P e a c ei nB o s n ia /S e rb ia /H e rz o g o v e n ia :
T h e re
m ay
s o o n
b e
a n
e n d
to
h o s tilitie s
in
th is
w ar
z o n e ... but notb e c a u s eo fU S
o rU Ne f f o r t s .
L o o k
fo r
th ew art ob e "w on"
b lo o d ilyb u tq u ic k ly ..p o s s i b l yb y
F e b ru a ry .
A ndfin a lly ,m yb o ldp re d ic tio n sfor nexty e a r .
Ire a l-
lyh a teallth o s eN ew Y earsp re d ic tio n sth a t c o m eo u ti n
la teD ecem bera n de a rlyJ a n u a r y ,s oi na ne f f o r tt o
b e
c re a tiv e ,h e r e
is m y"D eath
L ist"fo r1 9 9 5 ..t h o s ew ho
w illn o t m akei tt o'9 6 .
1 .B obH ope
2 .J e s s eH elm s
3 .R o n a ldR eagan
4 .S tro mT h u rm o n d
5 .P o p eJ o h nP a u lI I
T asteless?
Y oub e t!
D ecem b er5 ,1 9 9 4
p a g e
3
T H E R EA R EAL O TO FW AYS
T O
P R A C T IC ET H EA R T
O FJO U R N A L IS M
A N D
O N EO FT H E M
I ST O
U SE
Y O U RA R TL IK EAHAM M ERT O
D E S T R O Y TH E
R IG H TP E O P L EW HO
A R E ALM OST ALW AYS
Y O U R
E N E M IE SFO RO N ER E A S O N
O RA N O T H E RA N D
W HO
U S U A L L Y
D E S E R V ET O
B EC R IP P L E DB E C A U S E
T H E YA R EW RONG.
-H U N T E RS .TH O M PSO N
F R O M
B E T T E R
T H A N
S E X
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