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Articles in Oct, 1997 issue of Washington Monthly

• Two cheers for the property tax: everyone hates it, but the property tax has some good attributes that make it indispensible
  by Steven Ginsberg
• The Future Once Happened Here. - book reviews
  by Adam Yarmolinsky
• LBJ vs. RFK: a case of mutual contempt - excerpt from book, 'Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade,' by Jeff Shesol
  by Jeff Shesol
• Block Island diary: the biggest event of the summer - non - humor - Barbra Streisand-James Brolin wedding - Art & Politics - Column
  by Ariel Sabar
• Tilting at windmills: carrot addiction; the price of pro-bono; downward devolution; all in the family; new-class nuptials - defending tobacco; ACLU bills Citadel $6.15 million; government nepotism; wedding announcements; plus other items - Column
  by Charles Peters
• Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa. - book reviews
  by David Goodman
• Why Mitch McConnell should know better - campaign fund corruption in his home state of Kentucky
  by Michelle Cottle
• The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick. - book reviews
  by Michael J. Ybarra
• The case for more regulation - lax federal trucking and railroad safety oversight
  by Nurith C. Aizenman
• Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America. - book reviews
  by Timothy Noah
• La dolce vita: The Supreme Court's relaxed work ethic
  by Christina Alex
• A Wrongful Death: One Child's Fatal Encounter with Public Health and Private Greed. - book reviews
  by Charles Slack
• As goes the Supreme Court … - state court judges' relaxed work hours and caseloads - Brief Article
  by Charles Peters
• Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis. - book reviews
  by L.J. Davis
• Unwieldy and irrelevant: why is the military clinging to outdated and ineffective command structures?
  by Robert Worth
• The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. - book reviews
  by Steve Bogira
• Guilty victims: how states' failure to separate the innocent from the guilty is costing the victims compensation program millions
  by Joseph Hallinan
• Sentinel Under Siege: The Triumphs and Troubles of America's Free Press. - book reviews
  by Marvin Kalb