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TABLE OF CONTENTS
25 PRIMARIES
Aliens invade D.C.…Gucci’s hippie flashback…Civil War show tunes…The return of Michael Moore…Scoop…We the People…and more.
46 WHITE HOUSE
Why Hillary Won’t Run
New York’s beleaguered Democrats are dreaming of the first lady riding to their rescue. Here’s why they should wake up and smell the coffee.
BY NED MARTEL
52 RIGHT NOW
Health Care Scare
Democrats and Republicans alike wring their hands over the difficulties of reforming health care. But maybe the real problem is the wide-ranging government solutions they feel compelled to come up with.
BY ANN COULTER
54 BOOKS
Follow the Bouncing George
It has taken George Stephanopoulos two years to finish his long-awaited memoir of the Clinton years. Was it writer’s block or the making of a blockbuster? A political tell-all’s bumpy ride.
BY HOWARD KOHN
56 TOP 10
Legal Blunders
They’re supposed to be ruthlessly efficient, but perhaps we shouldn’t put so much faith in high-profile lawyers. America’s top defense attorney shows how his elite colleagues keep dropping the ball.
BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ
60 EYEWITNESS
Hearst Heist
Twenty-five years ago, a kidnapped heiress shocked the nation when she reappeared toting a rifle at a bank holdup. One dogged reporter tells how his pursuit of Patty Hearst revealed her unlikely love affair with one of her captors and placed the journalist on a terrorist hit list.
BY HOWARD KOHN
62 PLAYERS
Dr. Jekyll & Henry Hyde
The revered Henry Hyde was supposed to conduct bipartisan impeachment hearings that would retain the dignity of Congress and put Republicans in the driver’s seat for 2000. What went wrong?
BY CARL M. CANNON
70 INTERVIEW
The World According to Garth
Garth Brooks is the most successful solo act in music history, but he’s not content to just croon the cowboy blues. Brooks has taken on domestic violence, pumped money into rebuilding L.A. after the 1992 riots, and turned country music and old-style American values into an international sensation.
BY JOHN KENNEDY
FEATURES
76 THE 20 MOST FASCINATING MEN IN POLITICS
From the Fresh Prince to the porn king to a certain former wrestler, they’ve stormed the ramparts of politics as usual. For better or worse, these 20 men are making themselves impossible to ignore.
90 LITTLE RED GEORGETTE
BY PAUL ALEXANDER
Back when she was the wife of a commerce secretary, Georgette Mosbacher was scorned by the Washington establishment for her footloose ways. Now the stylish redhead is the GOP’s most sought after fundraiser—and she’s ready to retake D.C.
94 THE STINK ABOUT PORK
BY DONOVAN WEBSTER
Massive hog farms are making a handful of farmers across the country rich. But those who are downwind get only the foul smell of success—and a legacy of environmental problems.
98 RUDY AWAKENING
BY PETER MAASS
New York’s mayor has tamed the Big Apple with a no-nonsense assault on crime and chaos. But as Rudy Giuliani eyes a U.S. Senate bid, some New Yorkers worry that the mayor is out of control.
102 DEATH OF AN ABORTION DOCTOR
BY AMANDA ROBB
Last October 24, a sniper’s bullet took the life of Dr. Barnett Slepian and deprived Amanda Robb of her beloved uncle. Now she recalls the real-life renegade who became a martyr of the pro-choice movement.
DEPARTMENTS
16 Editor’s Letter
18 Letters
22 Contributors
120 If I Were President
Kirstie Alley
The fervent Scientologist converts America.