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other magazines: Summaries of what's in Time, Newsweek, etc.

By Anonymous
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1996, at 3:30 AM ET

Time and Newsweek, Sept. 2
(posted Monday, Aug. 26)

Both newsweeklies peg their Bill Clinton/convention covers to the president's rightward shift. Newsweek's "The Makeover" treats him gently: He has moved right not only because it's good politics, but also because he's maturing as a leader. Time, by contrast, hears only the Machiavellian whispers of political strategist Dick Morris. Morris, who shares the cover with Clinton, is "the most influential private citizen in America." According to Time, Morris has engineered the president's comeback by pushing him as far to the right as Clinton's principles will let him go ("it takes an adviser with no core ideology to make Bill Clinton search for his own").
Both magazines also feature the requisite convention hype: a photo gallery of Democrats (Time's is "The New Life of the Party," and Newsweek's, "The Lives of the Party"); an article on Al Gore; and a soft interview with Clinton (Time asks: "You're very proud--and justly so--of Chelsea. What of yourself at 16 do you see in her?"). Time skips the reminiscences about the 1968 convention; Newsweek doesn't.
Also, Newsweek excerpts the autobiography of Intel chief Andy Grove.

U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2
(posted Monday, Aug. 26)

Two months after Newsweek's cover story, "America's Best HMOs" (June 24), U.S. News delivers "America's Top HMOs." U.S. News' rankings mirror Newsweek's-the Fallon and the Harvard community health plans finish one-two in both surveys. But the latecomer sniffs that its cover package is the first "rigorous assessment" of HMO quality. (So what's Newsweek, chopped liver?) Also, "The Return of the Kennedys": U.S. News finds that Rose and Joe's 28 grandchildren (George boss JFK Jr., Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, etc., etc., etc.) have inherited the ambition, idealism, and remarkable teeth of their parents.

Weekly Standard, Sept. 2
(posted Monday, Aug. 26)

The Standard's Chicago convention issue taunts the Democrats from almost the first page to the last. The opening editorial spanks the Democrats for their efforts to paper over dissent within the party. Other articles mock Bill Clinton's book for its blathering, obfuscating grandiosity; sneer at a pre-convention gathering of gay activists; attack Clinton's crime record; and gibe presidential spokesman Michael McCurry (he's too partisan, the Standard says). Also, a reviewer savages Ed Rollins' book: It "gives a whole new meaning to the word disloyalty."

New York Times Magazine, Sept. 1
(posted Thursday, Aug. 29)
The New York Times Magazine is a very New York magazine this week. The cover story describes the threat that do-it-yourself art shows pose to the Manhattan gallery scene; another article profiles New York bar-legend-turned-memoirist Frank McCourt (author of Angela's Ashes); and William Safire muses on the proper New York spelling of "forget about it" (his answer: "fuhgeddaboutit"). Also, an essay mourns the decline of "need-blind" college admissions.

Economist, Aug. 31
(posted Friday, Aug. 30)
The Economist joins the battle over whether the economy can grow faster. In a long essay on monetary policy, SLATE's Paul Krugman assails both "fatuous promises of easy growth and mystical faith in the virtues of stable prices." According to Krugman, faster growth (a la Bob Dole) is all but impossible because of the tight labor market, while squeezing inflation to zero would do little but increase unemployment. Also, the cover story frets about the doddering leaders of China, Russia, and Indonesia: "History ... suggests that old politicians do not usually make up in wisdom what they lack in youthful vigor and sharpness of mind." And the editors speculate that the trial of South Korea's former leaders will discourage other Asian dictators from embracing democracy.

New Republic, Sept. 16 & 23
(posted Friday, Aug. 30)
The New Republic issues its presidential endorsement--for the 2000 election. Imagining a contest between Al Gore and Jack Kemp, TNR's editoral gives the nod to Gore (a personal friend of the magazine's owner). "While Kemp is a showboater, Gore takes on the important and often thankless tasks of governing," the edit says. The cover story--"Hope or History?"--takes a gloomier view of the Democrats' future: The party will disintegrate if it doesn't reconcile New Democrats such as Gore with economic nationalists such as Richard Gephardt. Also, two articles try to explain why old-time liberals and African-Americans remain enthusiastic Democrats (the answer: habit). BR CLEAR=all>

The New Yorker, Aug. 26/Sept 2
(posted Monday, Aug. 19)

The New Yorker publishes a double issue on music with two dozen features covering all the genres--classical, rock, and hip-hop--but very little on jazz. Included in the package is an attack on the CD; Lou Reed's tour diary; an essay on orchestral democracy; Henry Louis Gates' profile of Harry Belafonte; and an R. Crumb cartoon about street musicians.