Politics and policy.

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• It's a Wonderful Conspiracy Hollywood looks at Washington and sees its own reflection.
  Jacob Weisberg Dec. 19, 1997
  
• Here's an Idea How Democrats can outfox the flat tax, and why they won't.
  Jacob Weisberg Dec. 12, 1997
  
• Blacks Only A simple, honest solution to the affirmative-action puzzle.
  Jacob Weisberg Dec. 5, 1997
  
• CIA Home Videos The agency needs a new career, but public relations is a weird choice.
  Jacob Weisberg Nov. 28, 1997
  
• Payback Time Should agreeing with the president disqualify you for an administration job?
  Jacob Weisberg Nov. 21, 1997
  
• JFK TKO Seymour Hersh's book is better than the critics say it is.
  Jacob Weisberg Nov. 14, 1997
  
• Car Talk The driving issue of American politics is driving.
  Jacob Weisberg Nov. 7, 1997
  
• Big-Tent Democrats The party has lost its taste for fratricide. Why?
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 31, 1997
  
• Con Air What the Right's fighting about.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 26, 1997
  
• Tax Evasion Auditing the attacks on the IRS.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 19, 1997
  
• Stalking the Mysterious Potus The ReDiscovery Channel explores the secrets of the Potomac swamp's rarest wildlife.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 12, 1997
  
• The Constitution and Campaign Reform Does McCain-Feingold violate the First Amendment? Yes and no.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 5, 1997
  
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold How will Trent Lott kill campaign-finance reform? Let me count the ways.
  Jacob Weisberg Sept. 28, 1997
  
• Credit Check Now it's really morning in America. Who deserves a bow?
  Jacob Weisberg Aug. 31, 1997
  
• The District of Calumny Don't blame Washington, D.C.'s problems on democracy.
  Jacob Weisberg Aug. 24, 1997
  
• Adultery and Boredom The new rules about politicians screwing around.
  Jacob Weisberg Aug. 17, 1997
  
• Liberal Tobacco Whores Why are Ann Richards, George Mitchell, and others working for the cigarette companies?
  Jacob Weisberg Aug. 10, 1997
  
• The Conintern Republican thought police.
  Jacob Weisberg June 29, 1997
  
• Not Just Talk A five-point program for better race relations.
  Jacob Weisberg June 22, 1997
  
• Spin Out The president's lawyer, Bob Bennett, overdoes the damage control in the Paula Jones case.
  Jacob Weisberg June 8, 1997
  
• Sen. Symbol, R-Pa. Rick Santorum's pathetic grandstanding.
  Jacob Weisberg May 25, 1997
  
• Such a Deal The romance of rent control.
  Jacob Weisberg May 18, 1997
  
• Reading Safire's Mind How the Times columnist slimes Bill Clinton.
  Jacob Weisberg May 11, 1997
  
• Reno Divorce Washington's unjustified nastiness toward the attorney general.
  Jacob Weisberg May 4, 1997
  
• The Jesse Helms Ballet Dance of death at the National Endowment for the Arts.
  Jacob Weisberg April 27, 1997
  
• Clinton's Catch-96 
  Jacob Weisberg April 20, 1997
  
• Newt Descending He's down but not out.
  Jacob Weisberg April 13, 1997
  
• Chinagate's Big Winner All that Clinton's sleazy fund raising accomplished was to make Dick Morris rich.
  Jacob Weisberg March 30, 1997
  
• Battered-Republican Syndrome Why is the GOP suddenly filled with abused children?
  Jacob Weisberg March 23, 1997
  
• This Is Your Network on Drugs ABC abandons news for propaganda.
  Jacob Weisberg March 16, 1997
  
• The Spinmaster Aptitude Test Are you good enough to spin for the White House?
  Jacob Weisberg March 9, 1997
  
• How to Appear Thoughtful Lessons from Sen. Bob Torricelli.
  Jacob Weisberg March 2, 1997
  
• Washington Swingers The forgotten ethics problem of the revolving door.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 23, 1997
  
• Corporate-Welfare NIMBYs In your district, it's corporate welfare. In my district, it isn't.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 16, 1997
  
• The Conservative Collapse No ideas. No leaders. How did the Republican Party reach this point so quickly?
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 9, 1997
  
• I, Gingrich Newt, in his own words and pictures.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 2, 1997
  
• Lying All the Way to the Bank Dick Morris' ridiculous memoirs.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 18, 1997
  
• The Vapid Center Less mush, Mr. President, and more substance as you enter your second term.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 12, 1997
  
• Hostage Swap: Hillary for Newt A way out of the scandal morass.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 4, 1997