October 1992
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Articles
A Visit with Bill Clinton
The conflict between the "A student" and the "pol"
Blacks vs. Browns
Behind the Los Angeles riot lay a grim economic competition between Latinos and African-Americans, which is intensifying and which poses a stern challenge to U.S. domestic and foreign policy, as well as to sentimental cultural attitudes about immigration
Gravedigger of the Revolution
Whether George Bush wins the election or not, he has already lost the affections of the conservative movement, for forgetting what Ronald Reagan, no deep thinker, never forgot—that ideas matter in politics
Innocent Adventure: With Its Gee-Whiz Wonders, New Zealand Is a Kind of Fantasy Land
Small Potatoes: Heirloom Varieties, Being Harvested This Month, Show How Good Potatoes Can Taste
The National Monopoly
Lawrence Whole
The Oriental Cure
Before and After
Evelyn Waugh: The Later Years 1939-1966
Nothing but Blue Skies
The Screening of History
People of the Sea
Carmichael's Dog
The Puzzler
The October Almanac
Little Rock: A Visit With Bill Clinton
The conflict between the “A student ” and the ”pol”
Washington: The Battle for Saliency
The abortion issue in this election campaign
Washington: Teledemocracy
Ross Perot left the residue of a good idea behind him: the electronic town meeting
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
In the Dark House
Courier
He was tired, he said, of feeling sorry for both of them. Then don’t come back, she said
October 12
To Edit a Life
What are the essential ingredients of a biography or an autobiography? That question has no doubt crossed the mind of any reader who has put down such a book with satisfied delight or bitter disappointment. The author, who is The Atlantic’s poetry editor, is also a book editor, and in this essay, drawn from long experience, he reflects on the art of telling someone’s story
