Articles from Washington Monthly (December 1, 1990)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Banking on secrecy; with our banks about to go the way of our S&Ls, it's time we made the Freedom of Information Act cover financial institutions too.	Simons, Teresa		4921
Dishonest Abe; how LBJ's favorite Supreme Court justice became the prototype of Washington's valueless lawyers.	Lichtman, Allan J.	Bibliography	1408
Good-for-nothing Samaritans; charities are as dependent on federal handouts as the worst welfare abuser.	Shapiro, Walter		1218
How they missed that story; the first casualty of Desert Shield was a skeptical press.	Bennet, James		5511
Mental health spas; how money intended for homeless psychotics went to suburban neurotics.	Bates, Andrew		2539
Small places: In Search of a Vanishing America.	Sinclair, Ward	Book Review	857
The Defense Revolution: Strategy for the Brave New World.	Morrison, David C.	Book Review	1062
The making of the president 1996.	Blumenthal, Sidney		965
The natives are arrestless; the Justice Department has jurisdiction over Indian reservations, but is letting people get away with murder.	Hentoff, Nicholas		3824
Uncle Sam doesn't want you; government agencies are a haven for the mediocre because they don't try to get anybody better.	Heilemann, John	Cover Story	6350
What the beltway could learn from the Bible belt; campaigns aren't horse races, they're moral arguments.	Cornfield, Michael		1428
Who's at the Helm?	Morris, Roger	Book Review	1291