Six years ago, I was offered an unusual job at Newsweek that was at least partly the result of the efforts of the editor of this magazine. While I’m grateful to Charlie Peters for assisting my career advancement, the job he helped arrange also points up some practical failures associated with his view of how […]
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Posted inDecember 1988, Magazine
The Case for Denial
What the handicapped movement can learn from a Totally Normal Guy.
Posted inSeptember 1988
The Committee That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
The Iran-contra committee preened before the televison lights, dished out immunity, let lackluster lawyers lead the charge—and let North & Co. off the hook.
Posted inMarch 1988
Two Cheers for Tom Wolf
He vanquishes the vanities of the rich, but lacks the courage to say what he admires.
Posted inUncategorized
Governing Under the Influence
Washington alcoholics: their aides
protect them, the media shields them.
Posted inDecember 1987, Magazine
The Slum Behind the Sheraton
A Philippine struggle between Marcos loyalists, Marxist youth, and a woman with 2,000 eggs in her living room.
Posted inMagazine, October 1987
The Powers That Shouldn’t Be
Five Washington insiders the next Democratic president shouldn’t hire.
