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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER: THE GEORGE AWARDS
60 CITIZENS OF THE YEAR
The first annual George Awards honor seven Americans who serve causes larger than themselves.
68 THE GEORGE INTERVIEW:
THE UNSINKABLE SPIRIT OF MICHAEL J. FOX
The George Award winner hasn’t let Parkinson’s deter him from funneling his remarkable energies toward finding a cure.
BY NANCY COLLINS
70 THE BRAVEST NEWSMAN
Deep in the Ozark wilderness, where extreme politics mix with ever present violence, this George winner howls against bigotry and racism.
BY CLAUDIA GLENN DOWLING
FEATURES
78 JACK VALENTI’S LONG GOODBYE
Though he’s no longer the world’s most powerful lobbyist, Jack Valenti clings to his role as Hollywood’s man in Washington.
BY SHARON WAXMAN
82 GOD AND MAN IN OZ
When Kansas tried to get evolution out of its classrooms, it set off an electoral battle that could change the future of American education.
BY PETER KEATING
88 SPIKE LEE TURNS YOUR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
The director’s next film, Bamboozled, uses blackface to blast whites and blacks.
BY J.D. PODOLSKY
90 THIS GORE’S NO BORE
“I don’t admire anyone,” says Gore Vidal, whose political classic The Best Man is back on Broadway. That list includes both George W. Bush and his own cousin, Vice President Al Gore.
BY MICHAEL GROSS
92 THE MACON OF JOHN ROCKER
To the rest of the world, he may be a racist, homophobic redneck, but in his hometown, John Rocker remains what he has always been: “An upstanding, Christian young man.”
BY PAT JORDAN
96 CAMPAIGN 2000
Unscripted, raw insight—and some old-fashioned gossip—from the insiders who are shaping this year’s election.
PLUS: Where the powerful party—and how those on the fringe have been raising hell.
106 THIS AMERICAN IS HUNGRY
And so is one out of every five kids in the country—three-quarters of them the children of the working poor.
BY DALE MAHARIDGE
50 HANGING WITH WILLIE NELSON ON THE ROAD (AGAIN) FOR FORGOTTEN FAMILIES
Nelson’s new album mourns lost lovers and friends. But it’s the troubles of our nation’s farmers that give him the blues.
BY SASHA ISSENBERG
54 POWER PLAYER
COACH TOM WANTS TO BE A PLAYER
Nebraska’s Tom Osborne is blitzing congressional foes in a state where no one cares that some of his football players were as terrifying off the field as on.
BY LARRY PLATT
26 PRIMARIES
INSIDE THE CLINTON MARRIAGE
Susan Estrich on the real reason Hillary didn’t walk out on Bill.
32 ALL ABOUT EVE
Eve Ensler, creator of the hit play The Vagina Monologues, has a new outrage.
34 ASK SENATOR AL
Our senatorial sage reveals his Democratic roots, the truth about Dick Cheney, and a big mistake.
PLUS: Old Glory is back in fashion…
How generous is your state’s minimum-wage law?
36 PODIUM
DROP THAT GUN
Fed up with violent films, Gary Sinise says hasta la vista to trigger-happy roles.
BY CHRISTINA VALHOULI
39 TOP 10
DEBATE MOMENTS
As the presidential candidates prepare to joust, we recall the triumphs and tragedies of the great debates of the past.
BY SASHA ISSENBERG
44 WHITE HOUSE
THEY’LL SWING THE ELECTION
George W. Bush and Al Gore will fight hard for these five distinct voting blocs.
BY CARL M. CANNON
46 POPWATCH
The Contender, a mind-bending political thriller, might wind up an Oscar candidate; Better, DAG, and The Fugitive are front-runners for this fall’s best new television series; and George splits its ballot between Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous and Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington.
DEPARTMENTS
11 IN YOUR INTEREST
TWO CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE
ONE BUILDING HOPE, ONE BUILDING HOMES
BY FRANK LALLI
14 WRITE IN
16 CONTRIBUTORS
130 IF I WERE PRESIDENT
LIZ SMITH
A Natural Blonde in the White House? She’s columnist Liz Smith, who wrote a book on turning trashy gossip into trendy gems.
ON THE COVER
MICHAEL J. FOX, PHOTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL O’NEILL. STYLING BY ANN CARUSO. GROOMING BY MICHELLE BECK. SUIT BY OXFORD GIBBONS; SHIRT BY OXFORD; TIE BY BURBERRY; CUFF LINKS BY PRADA.