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TABLE OF CONTENTS
82 THE POWER OF LOVE
They pass legislation. They make news. They chronicle our times. And they have each other. An exclusive portfolio celebrates 12 of the most influential couples in the country.
94 MASTERS OF DECEPTION
By William Kennedy
A president, accused of molesting a young girl, fabricates a television war to deflect attention from the scandal. Welcome to the new film Wag the Dog, a black comedy about the absurd allegiance between Hollywood, politics, and the media.
100 CATCHING HELLER
By Kinky Friedman
More than 35 years after the publication of his subversive tour de force, Catch-22, Joseph Heller is about to publish his memoir. Over lunch with a fellow novelist, he expounds on sex, politics, and the writer’s life.
104 THE EVIL MIND
By Richard Dooling
The Unabomber trial is just one example of how neuroscience is redefining the insanity plea: Blame the brain, not its owner. Is this approach the key to the deepest mysteries of human behavior—or a high-tech cop-out?
108 THE GREAT MALL OF CHINA
By Rene Chun
Chinese president Jiang Zemin isn’t the only one who wants to build a bridge to the West. Debonair retail entrepreneur David Tang is bullish on capitalism.
COVER
Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, photographed by Craig McDean. Styling by Alex White. Makeup for Robert De Niro by Pat McGrath for Aveda. Makeup for Dustin Hoffman by Eduardo Carrasco. Hair for Dustin Hoffman by Jalen Kross from Salon AKS. Camouflage suits, shirts, and ties by Richard James, Savile Row, London. Tailoring by Hwa C. Park.
24 PRIMARIES
The changing street values of illegal drugs… A playwright’s homage to female genitalia… How companies use politics to improve their images… Sexually transmitted diseases, state by state.
40 RANT! UNLOCK & LOAD
Bill Clinton thinks trigger locks will make guns safer. But one man on the other side of the firing line wants to blow that perception away.
BY NEAL KNOX
42 WHITE HOUSE BILL CLINTON’S MORAL COMPASS
White House lawyer Cheryl Mills has the president’s ear on matters of ethics. But the jury’s still out on her judgment calls regarding those sleepovers and so on.
BY CLAIRE SHIPMAN
44 LETTER FROM GUCCI GULCH BOB PACKWOOD’S NEW TRICKS
The disgraced former senator has surfaced as a lobbyist with a modest basement office and a small client list. One reporter gets Packwood’s hard sell firsthand.
BY KELLY SMITH
46 BETWEEN THE LINES INSIDE THE PLOT TO DERAIL YOUR FUTURE
When Congress nixed renewing Bill Clinton’s fast-track authority, it dealt free trade a major blow. And the cost, according to this observer? Only America’s economic might.
BY TONY BLANKLEY
48 AMERICAN DREAMS SCENES FROM A GAY MARRIAGE
With 50 percent of marriages ending in divorce, heterosexual America is struggling with that institution just as homosexual America wants in. A modest proposal for truly equal partnerships, gay or straight.
BY NAOMI WOLF
52 HISTORY TOP 10 WORST PRESIDENTS OF ALL TIME
A presidential biographer
56 QUIPS THE RULES: DATING IN D.C.
Men may be from Mars and women from Venus, but love in D.C. constitutes another galaxy altogether. A guide to the Beltway mating game.
BY JON MACKS
58 EYEWITNESS STANDOFF AT WOUNDED KNEE
In February 1973, 300 members of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation laid siege on a South Dakota reservation to protest U.S. reign. A harrowing first-person account.
BY RUSSELL MEANS
62 NATIONAL SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE
Bounty hunters can legally break into your home and shoot to kill if you fight them—even if you’ve committed no crime. Are these men our homegrown terrorists?
BY BILL DONAHUE
72 THE GEORGE INTERVIEW THAT’S MADAM SECRETARY TO YOU
With NATO expansion and global weapons victories won, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright marks her first year in office. In an exclusive conversation with John Kennedy, she talks about being the first woman in the job and argues that the U.S. is its brother’s keeper.
DEPARTMENTS
12 Editor’s Letter
16 Contributors
18 Letters
20 We the People
36 Scoop
116 Puzzle
120 If I Were President: T. Coraghessan Boyle
The best-selling author’s domestic policy: Read his books—or die.