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TABLE OF CONTENTS
29 PRIMARIES
Cybill Shepherd looks electable…Hot political flicks…Hillary and Rudy party (because it’s 1999)…America remembers Washington’s demise…Politech…Scoop…We the People.
48 CAPITOL HILLBILLY
HE’S SO VAIN
Warren Beatty’s attack on the White House’s welfare policy ignores the facts, proving that Mr. President is one role the liberal actor should never play.
BY PAUL BEGALA
50 WHITE HOUSE
HILLARY’S HOUSE OF PAIN
Capitol Hill’s Hillary-haters are lining up donors, holding hearings to bash her stances, and building an organization designed solely to put the hurt on the first lady’s Senate hopes.
BY CARL M. CANNON
52 ADVICE
ASK ALFONSE
Our Capitol-ist counselor offers insight on George W. Bush and drug laws, explains how John McCain is eligible for the presidency, and nominates a hero for Generation X.
BY ALFONSE D’AMATO
56 RIGHT NOW
CLINTON’S LETHAL WEAPONS
Hillary Clinton proclaims support for terrorists and dirty pictures. Al Gore has relocated his campaign to Grand Ole Opry country. What makes Bill’s most hapless advisers believe they should hold higher offices?
BY ANN COULTER
58 PODIUM
BAI LING
China branded her a traitor, but the Anna and the King co-star remains optimistic about the country she can no longer call home.
60 Q&A
DEATH BECOMES HIM
Errol Morris’s new documentary, Mr. Death, probes the execution engineer Fred Leuchter, a hero to fringe groups, who argues that the Holocaust never happened.
BY KATIE ROIPHE
63 NATIONAL
HOME-FRIED FRANKEN
An exclusive report from inside the first Gore-Bradley showdown.
BY AL FRANKEN
66 BOOKS
BURNING FOR BUSH
Everyone knows about Bill Clinton’s sultry side. But what about George Bush’s? Lydia Millet, author of the novel George Bush, Dark Prince of Love, shows why the forty-first president is sexier than you think.
BY JENNIFER SENIOR
68 PLAYERS
OUR DARKEST SECRET
In Snow Falling on Cedars, the acclaimed director Scott Hicks explores a chapter of American history we’ve long tried to hide.
BY ALLISON ADATO
DEPARTMENTS
16 Editor’s Letter
20 Letters
26 Contributors
131 Punch Lines
132 If I Were President
Jamie Foxx tells how he would spend any given Sunday in the White House.
FEATURES
73 THE POLITICS OF THE FUTURE: THE NEXT 100 YEARS
What will American politics look like in the coming century? In this special package, we describe startling developments, share expert predictions, and reveal our picks for the leaders of tomorrow.
88 THE GEORGE INTERVIEW: DENZEL WASHINGTON
The Hurricane star swings away on Hollywood racism, Farrakhan, and why Bill Bradley should give him a call. Plus: Peter Aison on why white America fears black boxers.
94 PRINCESS DIANE
BY STEPHEN RODRICK
Even Republicans think California senator Dianne Feinstein would make a potent Democratic vice presidential nominee, but this rising star may be grounded by her husband’s dealings overseas.
100 GALLERY: JAMES NACHTWEY
BY PETER MAASS
A war reporter tells the story behind a haunting image from Inferno Nachtwey’s new collection of photographs from the most savage places on earth.
102 SEARCHING FOR AL
BY CLAIRE SHIPMAN
Raw determination carried Al Gore through the crises of his son’s near-death experience. Now he hopes hard work will propel him to the White House. But what is his greatest roadblock is Al Gore himself?
108 THE CELEBRITICIANS
BY NEAL GABLER
Americans want their politics to have exciting plotlines and inspiring heroes. The author of Life the Movie explains how famous faces are beating career politicians at their own game—and what that means for our democracy.
112 TIM TAKES THE STAGE
BY BOB MORRIS
Tim Robbins has taken on corrupt senators and the death penalty in his upcoming Cradle Will Rock; he tackles censorship. But please, don’t say he directs political films. That could ruin his career.
116 THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA
BY RENE CHUN
Richard Preiss writes books that teach apprentice anarchists how to make their own weapons. As millennium fever builds, so does the peril of Uncle Fester’s poison pen.
COVER
Denzel Washington relaxes after the fight. Photographed by Wayne Maser in Culver City, California. Styling by Claire Todd. Prop Styling by Thomas Thurnauer. Grooming by Catherine Furniss for Celestine L.A./Products by Kiehl’s. Denzel Washington is wearing a black silk shirt by Neal Street East, Covent Garden, London, and black jeans by Helmut Lang, courtesy of Bloomingdale’s.